Scottish - Novelist | September 27, 1961 -
It's where you come from that's the strange, exotic, quirky, mad place.
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We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.
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Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.
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You know what it's like: you don't want to read your old books again. All you can see are the flaws, what you would do differently.
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I grew up in a place where everybody was a storyteller, but nobody wrote. It was that kind of Celtic, storytelling tradition: everybody would have a story at the pub or at parties, even at the clubs and raves.
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Hugo Boss is my kind of label.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books.
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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.
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I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information.
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