And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
I worked on local papers, before taking a job as a webmaster with a very well known telecommunications company in London, as I thought the internet was the future.
I want to look beyond the legends, to find the real story of Scotland. And it's every bit as thrilling.
My father's example taught me self-reliance, to make my own luck, and to work to make things happen.
I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book.
My father was a self-employed, commission-only salesman. He sold double-glazing and fitted kitchens, amongst other things. As he never declared himself unemployed, there was never recourse to benefits, so if money was tight, money was tight. It taught me that we were a closed unit, and that we had to be resourceful.
I delivered leaflets for my dad and was paid £5 per thousand, which was slave labour.
What you have stolen can never be yours.
As great as technology is, it still has it's limitations, because it's only a frame of the truth
I have been accused of never saying no.
In the film industry you work very long hours, and making a film is a very intense process.