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.

- Damian Barr

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…

- 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 and I think we should ce…

- Damian Barr

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,…

- 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 and thought I had come to terms with who I…

- Damian Barr

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…

- 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, so it shouldn't be funny now. It's about h…

- Damian Barr

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

- 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 people.

- Damian Barr