None Of Us Know What Is Going

My Upbringing Was Middle-class But My Parents' Families Were Both Working-class So I Had This Odd Combination Of Working-class Background But In A Privileged Position.

We Don't Really Go In For Big Family Dinners, But Scottish People Are Famously Confrontational. It's A Cultural Thing, So Maybe We Don't Need To Have Them To Clear The Air. Also, Traditional Family Food Isn't As Nice Here So There's No Payoff For Traveling Hundreds Of Miles.

I Think Graphic Novels Are Closer To Prose Than Film, Which Is A Really Different Form.

I Love Mikhail Bulgakov. He Is Very Original And Takes The Story To Unexpected Places. I Didn't Realise Political Writing Could Be So Funny.

Most Of The People Who Write To Me Are Really Clever, Really Engaged. They Just Want To Say That They Have Read My Book And Liked It.