I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.

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I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have...

I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have...

I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It...

I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It...

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to...

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to...

When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me....

When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me....

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has...

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has...

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come...

Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come...

I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position....

I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position....

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I...

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I...

Id always done a lot of (sniffing) glue as a kid. I was very interested...

Id always done a lot of (sniffing) glue as a kid. I was very interested...

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing...

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing...

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as...

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as...

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people...

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people...

When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right...

When people start writing there is this idea that you have to get everything right...

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it...

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it...

I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.

I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even...

I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even...

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became...

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became...

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the...

I'd always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn't getting the...