Journalism Is A Darwinian Process.

I Respond Very Well To Rules. If There Are Certain Parameters It's Much Easier To Do Something Really Good. Especially When Readers Know What Those Are. They Know What To Expect And Then You Have To Wrong-foot Them. That Is The Trick Of Crime Fiction. And Readers Come To Crime And Graphic Novels Wanting To Be Entertained, Or Disgusted.

A Man Who Thinks He Has A Higher Purpose Can Do Terrible Things, Even To Those He Professes To Love.

Even If People Do Wrong, We're Social Animals, So What Can We Do About Stopping Them Doing The Same Things In Future? Saying People Are 'bad' Or 'evil' Is Just An Unwillingness To Engage; An Unwillingness To Try To Empathise. That Sanctimonious Attitude Doesn't Help Anyone

I Just Got An Honorary Degree From Glasgow University, And I Had To Wear Around Very Painful Shoes So That I Didn't Laugh All The Way Through The Ceremony Because I Felt Like An Outlaw.

I Always Wanted To Work At Take A Break Magazine, You Know, Just To Inject A Little Bit Of Politics Into Their Stories. I Applied For A Job There After I'd Done My Law Degree And Didn't Even Get An Interview. I Only Wrote Garnethill Because I Didn't Get That Job!