“I do miss Glasgow but Malibu is home now. I love it here and when I do go back to Scotland it takes me a bit of time to acclimatise. I am a spoilt so-and-so. I live in the mountains of Malibu in the most gorgeous house and I phone my mum every day and tell her that I have got bad news - that it is o”

“By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.”