Most people in the West are not politicized. They're the most simplistic consumers - they're animals, basically.
I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.
The readers get younger all the time, and we're getting older.
I love doubt in a woman. It's nearly as sexy as determination.
Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.