My life's ambition is to play a James Bond villain. I have the cat and the eye-patch, so I'm just waiting for the call. For some reason, though, the phone hasn't rung. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
Teachers complain a lot about how tough their job is. But, you know, the day begins in most schools at nine o'clock, ends at… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I really like the Observer. I think I'd love to have a column with a broad reach that would enable me to do some… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
You know when you tell a self-deprecating story at a dinner party, everyone's laughing along with you? But then when someone else repeats that… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
The fact that I'm a Tory who hasn't worked at a university - at least, not since I taught at Cambridge in 1990 -… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
“It was journalism at its best: irreverent, mischievous and beholden to no one.” — Toby Young Copy Share Image
In my capacity as a board member of the OfS, I hope to be impartial, objective, and fair. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
America thinks of itself as a meritocracy, so people have more respect for success and more contempt for failure. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. — Toby Young Copy Share Image
