I Came From This Very Traditional Background

I Hate It When I'm Reading A Comic, And The Dialogue Looks Like Stickers Stuck On Top To Explain What's Going On. For Me The Best Is When Your Eye Goes In A Certain Point And Moves Through The Composition And Then Springs Out On The Dialogue, Or Gets Confused In The Image And Then Goes To The Dialogue For An Explanation.

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 Came From This Very Traditional Background And I Benefited Hugely From Feminism. I Felt Privileged Going To University And Doing A Phd. Most People Of My Background Don't Get To Do That.

Usually When I'm Trying To Establish Character, I Try And Find Out Where They Live.

Because I Write A Book A Year, I Always Want To Do One Other Project Every Year That's Stimulating In A Different Way. It Means You Can Be Working But Not Using Up Your Prose Juice, You Know?