Damian Barr

I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more…

— Damian Barr

I went through in the edits and cut tons of stuff that was "funny" because if it wasn't funny at the time,…

— Damian Barr

The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves are very often not really what happened. And as I started to write stuff down,…

— Damian Barr

The hardest bits of my book to read were the easiest bits to write because they were the most immediate. Probably because…

— Damian Barr

I had to do things to myself on the page that had been done to me in real life. I had to…

— Damian Barr

I cut a lot of cringy sex stuff and a lot of stuff I thought was too personal. I think secret gardens…

— Damian Barr

I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer.…

— Damian Barr

Scotland has always been independent. We have our own legal system, our own culture; I don't see the issue. We are different…

— Damian Barr

I do feel a responsibility. It's a privilege to be able to speak about it, but I don't speak for all gay…

— Damian Barr

You don't realise how much you're holding onto until you start to let go of it. I had had loads of therapy…

— Damian Barr

I could never do just one thing, but everything I do is in the direction of stories. Sometimes writing them, sometimes showcasing…

— Damian Barr

Because I work at other things, whenever I get a chance to write I feel grateful for it. But I learned that…

— Damian Barr

If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the…

— Damian Barr

I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I…

— Damian Barr

Memory implies that there is some static time and place you can go back to, whereas if you relive it by trying…

— Damian Barr