You write people as human beings first and then the gender specific stuff second.

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.

Thir must be less tae life than this

I've always felt really good about England. I've always felt really, really good about Britain.

It wis like auld times, but in a sense that only served tae remind us ay how much things hud changed.

If the media is just a cheerleader for an authoritarian populist, who isn't that popular, then we're in a sorry state. The media has to be critical - it has to scrutinize it, it has to call out things.

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.