I've never tried to be something I'm not..

There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present..

Travel definitely affects me as a writer..

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels..

It's OK to not be OK - just don't stay there..

Always sing below your potential..

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them..

Imaginatively Glasgow exists as a music hall song and a few bad novels..

It is not customary to love what one has..

No one places any trust in the words of the Americans..

Whatever everyone else has asked you to do or never let you do, and let's do that..

Religion is a byproduct of fear..

Women are the life force we look at for their beauty..

We cannot make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free..

I have so much more confidence in myself now than I ever did before..

I've been racketeered on..

You must understand, I don't have to be happy to be happy..

You change the rules or you are going under..

You won't see Moonves on Twitter..

The public is never wrong..

Don't make much ado about nothing..