欧文·威尔士是苏格兰小说家、剧作家和短篇小说作家。他的小说《看火车》被拍成同名电影。他的作品以原始的苏格兰方言和对爱丁堡生活的残酷描写为特点。他还写过剧本和剧本，还执导了几部短片。
It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
很难越轨；我们有海侵的家具，却没有真正做到这一点的意象和肖像。
I used to sit on the Circle Line and go 'round and 'round and write.
我过去常常坐在圆线上，一圈一圈地写。
In my flat in Chicago, I've got this big room with an office in the corner and a balcony so I can watch people go by.
在芝加哥的公寓里，我有一间大房间，角落里有一个办公室，还有一个阳台，这样我就可以看着人们走过。
It's been a good thing for me to try and understand America.
对我来说，努力了解美国是件好事。
I think the novel is at one end of the art-entertainment continuum - the play in the middle - while TV and cinema veer a bit more towards entertainment.
我认为这部小说处于艺术娱乐连续体的一端——中间的戏剧——而电视和电影则更倾向于娱乐。
I don't perceive an audience at all when I write a book. It's pure self-indulgence.
我写书的时候根本看不到观众。这纯粹是自我放纵。
Sometimes I work purely 8-12 shifts, banging stuff into the computer. Other times, my office is like a scene from a detective movie, with Post-it Notes, plans, photographs all stuck on the walls and arrows going everywhere, and it's 4 A.M.
有时我只上8-12班，把东西塞进电脑里。其他时候，我的办公室就像侦探电影里的场景，贴在墙上的便条、平面图、照片，到处都是箭头，现在是凌晨4点。
I think that every project offers an opportunity to reinvent process as well as content.
我认为，每一个项目都提供了一个机会来重塑流程和内容。