It's all been quite a revitalizing process for me, being out there in the States. It wouldn't have happened without Trainspotting.

It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habbits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments.

Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know.

don't let jesus in. AA is just one obsession replaced with another

When two people were in love you had to leave them to it. Especially when you weren't in love and wished that you were. That could embarrass. That could hurt.

Everything in the street today seems soft focus.

There's no one way of telling a story or looking at reality, so I think any device is up for grabs as long as it fits in with the tone.