I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

I love getting into the basement of a courthouse, and all the dusty records - all that stuff makes me really happy.

When I was thinking about all the things that the world had forgotten, it made me think about people who have actually really forgotten everything, and how much of our identity is wrapped up in those memories, and how much of our experience makes us who we are, and remembering those experiences makes us who we are.

I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think.

I never have the feeling that I actually know what I'm doing or anything that I'm writing is any good.

I do think a lot about the past.