197 Quotes by Nicola Sturgeon

I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.

At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time.

I love talking to the public, I love hearing what people have got to say.

Twitter's probably my bad habit.

If your pal or neighbour is in the SNP, you're more likely to listen to them than if you just turn on the telly and see me or Alex. The growth of membership is building a politically engaged community base that hasn't been there in my lifetime.

Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these days. In modern politics, you can't ignore that even if you wanted to. I can't imagine doing politics without it.

I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments.

Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door.

I'm the leader of the SNP. I think you would expect me to say I would vote SNP in whatever constituency I lived in.