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• I started writing novels while an undergraduate student, in an attempt to make sense of the city of Edinburgh, using a detective…
• War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
• From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The…
• At all times, think like a writer, and keep those antennae twitching - that way, you pick up new ideas.
• I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed…
• I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures…
• I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this;…
• I still think most writers are just kids who refuse to grow up. We're still playing imaginary games, with our imaginary friends.
• Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
• A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to…
• I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a…
• I don't think I have one particular favourite writer. I have many whose works I will always buy or reread - Muriel…

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