I went through in the edits and cut tons of stuff that was "funny" because if it wasn't funny at the time, so it shouldn't be funny now. It's about h….

I started writing when I was a journalist. But every time I sat down to write a novel or a story, I ended up writing about myself, which was incredib….

If you are a Scot living outside of Scotland but still in the UK, you are not allowed to vote in the referendum. This leaves over a million of loyal,….

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

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

Because I work at other things, whenever I get a chance to write I feel grateful for it. But I learned that sometimes, I couldn't do anything else an….

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

I am a gay writer, but I am also a Scottish writer and some days a lazy writer, or a funny writer. Being gay is just a part of who I am..

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

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

I cut a lot of cringy sex stuff and a lot of stuff I thought was too personal. I think secret gardens are very special. I think we all have to have t….

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

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

The hardest bits of my book to read were the easiest bits to write because they were the most immediate. Probably because I had never stopped thinkin….

I had to do things to myself on the page that had been done to me in real life. I had to try and drown myself in the bath. You have to do that. And t….