I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

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.

The great Jack Nicklaus summed things up neatly during a charity match on the Old Course at St. Andrews where he and I were playing against Ben Crenshaw and Glen Campbell. I asked him what he considered to be the most important factor to overcome in the game of golf. His reply, "It's an unfair game."

Only 4 percent of all the companies owned in Scotland have their head offices in Scotland.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

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

Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.