“It's easy tae be philosophical when some other cunt's got shite fir blood.” — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“downtown Johannesburg just looked like a large Muirhouse-in-the-sun to” — Irvine Welsh Johannesburg Copy Share Image
“The disease which racked his body was a sweetheart compared to the more obscure one that possessed his sick mind.” — Irvine Welsh Disease Copy Share Image
Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It wis like auld times, but in a sense that only served tae remind us ay how much things hud changed. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence. — Irvine Welsh Books Copy Share Image
The idea of just sitting at home on Facebook worries me. I think we should all get out more. — Irvine Welsh Facebook Copy Share Image
I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that. — Irvine Welsh English people Copy Share Image
The inspiration can come in such small ways that if you sit there just waiting for the big epiphany you'll sit there… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“He notes the depressing haste with which the successful, in the sexual sphere as in all others, segment themselves from the failures.” — Irvine Welsh Depressing Copy Share Image
I can see myself wanting to write a historical novel - you don't need to worry about references to reality TV or… — Irvine Welsh Basics Copy Share Image
“Awright Al? I asked him. A silly question really. Convention always imposes its lunacy on us at such inappropriate times.” — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
But even Es and cocaine, over the years they blow holes in your brain, rob you of your memories, your past. Which… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think UKIP [ UK Independence Party] and the BNP [British National Party] are very, very English concerns. If they gather strength… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
In civic life, I think that's where you can debate what is good taste and what is acceptable to other people, and… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“writing about drugs is like that though, isn't it? You can just tell when someone is writing about drugs and they've never… — Irvine Welsh Drugs Copy Share Image
“Ah wis gaunny say thit Tommy hud a choice; wee Maria disnae. Aw that would huv done wis precipitate an argument aboot… — Irvine Welsh Choice Copy Share Image
“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc… — Irvine Welsh Choose life Copy Share Image
“What interests me, personally, is work which in some way, speaks the truth to power…I don’t think we speak the truth to… — Irvine Welsh Ethics Copy Share Image
People either think I'm this totally savage, idiot-savant genius guy who's lucked out or they think I'm a super-manipulative crafty businessman, this… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The thing about drugs is that it [dealing] gives people an income to deal with, and it also gives people a compelling… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the… — Irvine Welsh Battle of the sexes Copy Share Image
Most people in the West are not politicized. They're the most simplistic consumers - they're animals, basically. — Irvine Welsh Animal Copy Share Image
“take your best orgasm, multiply the feeling by twenty, and you're still fuckin miles off the pace” — Irvine Welsh Drugs Copy Share Image
Politicians are so... detested; they don't actually walk amongst people now. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia. — Irvine Welsh Paranoia Copy Share Image
I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction. — Irvine Welsh Books Copy Share Image
Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it. — Irvine Welsh English Copy Share Image
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