British - Journalist | 1963 -
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 proper reporting, but keep it on sort of a humorous level. I've always had a very happy experience writing for them.
Toby Young
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People in London think of London as the center of the world, whereas New Yorkers think the world ends three miles outside of Manhattan.
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I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.
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The moment I'm perceived to be even a tiny bit successful, my career will go down the pan.
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If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.
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There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.
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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.
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I've never been to a shrink. But my parents were very psychologically literate - my father had undergone Freudian analysis - and we often talked about other people in psychological terms, so I picked up a lot of that.
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Oddly, I do have a problem with authority. I find it very difficult to knuckle down and follow rules. Which are the classic symptoms of someone who has a troubled relationship with their father. And yet, I never had a problem with my father.
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I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.
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I swear, I didn't really go in thinking, 'I'll be the Simon Cowell' of 'Top Chef.' I was just used to being a judge on British food shows where people are much more outspoken and rather rude. That's the culture over here.
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It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called 'Eating With the Enemy.' The budget for all 20 episodes was probably the budget for a single episode of 'Top Chef.' It's the difference between making a home movie in your backyard and going to Hollywood.
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