The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write, not to think.

A martini. Shaken, not stirred.

Be careful what you shoot at . . . most things in here don't react too well to bullets.

The media already attempts to assassinate my character in Scotland when I'm there, so my position is much more effective if I'm outside Scotland and am part of the voice of what the Scottish National Party is about.

But I wouldn't call myself sadistic.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.