Just for those curious about the Fry quote, I think it might originate from his blog, himself quoting Alastair Campbell. At the very least there's a nice reference to it, and I'm happily crawling along the links enjoying it.

http://www.stephenfry.com/2013/06/24/only-the-lonely/

http://www.alastaircampbell.org/blog/2013/06/10/response-to-...