“You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book...” — Alexander McCall Smith Quote

“You're always told by your publisher that you must only write one book a year and some years you should perhaps write none at all.”

“I am capable of being idle.”

“As a writer I've learned certain lessons. One of them is to be careful about how you put a view, and to bear in mind how easily and readily you'll be misinterpreted.”

“I was always into music. And none of my friends were really into music the same way I was. So it was just different. It was really not very well understood by most of my friends. They didn't tease me about it - they just didn't really relate.”

“Pleasure is none, if not diversified.”

“We're all made of the same kind of stuff, and there's none of us made of stuff that's flawless.”