Alastair Campbell Quotes

Alastair Campbell — British Journalist born on May 25, 1957,

Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, broadcaster, political aide and author, best known for his work as Director of Communications and Strategy for prime minister Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003. Campbell describes himself as a "communicator, writer and strategist" on his website... (wikipedia)

The media are obsessed with spin doctors and with portraying them as a bad thing, yet seem addicted to our medicine.

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.

I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

In an ideal world, it would not take a film star to get the media focused on mental illness.