Journalism Is A Darwinian Process.

Crime Is A Very Hard Genre To Feminise. If You Have A Female Protagonist She Is Going To Be Looking After Her Mum When She Gets Older; She Is Going To Be Worried About Her Brother And Sister; She Will Be Making A Living While Bringing Up Kids.

I'm Always Represented As A Bit Of A Class Warrior - A Bit Down With Men And Down With Middle-class People. Whereas I'm Actually Very Fond Of Men And Am Middle-class. I Even Went To Boarding School In Perthshire.

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

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.

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.