How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete?

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element.

Are you asking me or telling me?

How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.

I think Scotland's got its own issues, in some ways similar to Northern Ireland with sectarianism, which has been a long-running sore. All the issues of land ownership, development resources, poverty, alcoholism and violence, all these things.

Conservatives are giving up on democracy because it's not efficient. They want an autocratic regime.

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.