I have not the smarts or patience for political office.
You don't have to twist my arm to work.
I've done an awful lot of stuff that's a monument to public patience.
In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman J. K. Rowling Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.