I'm working on a screenplay right now for the BBC, but I hope to have the decks cleared soon so I can get into the studio with my pals and put down some more tracks, try to get a strong…

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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...

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

What worries me is the professionalism of everything.

What worries me is the professionalism of everything.

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

There is a kind of mysticism to writing.

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...

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...

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...

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...

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas...

When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas...

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...

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly...

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly...

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but...

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but...

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...

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....

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...

There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to...

There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to...

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

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

I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.

I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and...

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and...

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...