“I feel like thanking Paul Dacre every time, because the reason they ask me is because they think I've come through the other end with a pretty good reputation. Loads of people get a bad press but have a good reputation. [David] Beckham - think what he went through. [Bill] Clinton, likewise. You just have to be true to yourself.” PeopleThinkingFeelsEndsReasonAsksBillsPressesClintonReputationBeing TrueAsk MeLoadBe True To YourselfTrue To YourselfBeckhamGood ReputationBad Press Author:Alastair Campbell
“Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.” PeopleMomentsBigsViewsMediaPersonalityOfficeImportanceMadnessClintonSignificanceConventionalPresidencyConventional WisdomOval Author:Alastair Campbell
“One of the more fatuous remarks I've heard in recent days is that 'My Life,' Clinton's autobiography, is too long and, at almost 1,000 pages, short it is not. But this man was for eight years the President of the most powerful country on earth.” MenYearsLongCountryEarthPresidentPowerfulHeardPagesClintonEightMost PowerfulAutobiographyRemarksPowerful Countries Author:Alastair Campbell