If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.

I grew up in London under Thatcher and that really was disgusting. A feeding frenzy.

I'd read so much right-wing crime fiction where they find the evidence and shoot the bad guy - I thought there must be another approach.

I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.

To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.

I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.

In my heart Im just a lucky waitress.