Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

I don't think of myself all the time.