I am a print addict. I have an ebook and a computer but I remain hooked on print.

I see myself as a recovering journalist.

My feelings towards the newspapers are very affectionate.

Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent.

One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.

My father used to get me to read the newspaper to him, as if I was a radio. I would stand there and read the 'Times.

That's what I really wanted to do when I was 16, be in comics!

If there is no kindness with your rightness, then that is madness.

Poverty, for me, is synonymous with degradation.

People who enjoy waving flags don't deserve to have one

Books Are Good For Lots Of Uses, Not For Dropping In The Toilet.

We’ve been proud of the fact that we were known for our music first and it has been what makes us work harder

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa.

You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.

Politics is a romantic search for the good and the true and the beautiful.

Poetry, is the insulation that lies between the inner walls of the mind.

There is my body, in it an ocean formed of his glory, all the creation, all the universes, all the galaxies, are lost in it.