Journalism is a Darwinian process.

Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.

My upbringing was middle-class but my parents' families were both working-class so I had this odd combination of working-class background but in a privileged position.

I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.

A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.

We don't really go in for big family dinners, but Scottish people are famously confrontational. It's a cultural thing, so maybe we don't need to have them to clear the air. Also, traditional family food isn't as nice here so there's no payoff for traveling hundreds of miles.

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.