A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.

I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

I'm sure if Shakespeare were alive today, he'd be doing classic guitar solos on YouTube.

I haven't played Doctor Who since I was 9 on the playground.

There is no greater symbol of the artistic spirit of Scotland than the Mackintosh building. But more than that it is a symbol of where art belongs, rising as it does out of the heart of a great city. A mighty castle on a hill, it is a part of me, and of all Glaswegians.

Keep going and don't give up. You're doing wonderfully. You'll know how to fly this thing eventually.

I wish I'd known that one day the geek would inherit the Earth.