In America I think we need to move towards a social democracy, European-style basically, and I think that in Britain we do… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
In America, we've got to get back to these base principles of what democracy is. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
In America, Miramax are using a 'New York Times' review that said 'Trainspotting' makes 'Kids' look like a 1960s episode of 'Sesame… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
'True Detective' was the last show I got crazy about, with its 'Silence of the Lambs'-style landscape and those strip mall badlands… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Chicago is seen as everything that Trump detests, which I think kind of reflects really well on the city I think, because… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Iggy Pop looks right at me as he sings the line: 'America takes drugs in psychic defence'; only he changes 'America' to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think what you call 'metropolitan America' - as in San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles - I think there's more… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think that there are just so many people that can't afford not to have Obama win. He's gotten so many disenfranchised… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think, ironically, the media's been good for America, but Trump's been good for the media. He's revitalized The New York Times… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You've got the whole stuff with transgender toilets and stuff like that - that's no way for a government to behave. We're… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think the media in America have been absolutely fantastic about the rise of Trump, they've kept a firm eye on the… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
The first time I went to West Virginia I was surprised by how poor it was. It was like north India, there's… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“Without this kickstart to my day, I'd be lost. A day without a morning run is a day you fumble through, rather than one… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“There's nae reasoning wi some cats. You say 'reason', they mew 'treason'. Ken?” — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It's crazy for somebody who's kind of empowered and wealthy like myself to say, "Oh, I don't need to be patronized by the state,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If it's something that I feel uncomfortable with, that's a reason for me to write it. I kind of like to make myself feel… — 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 much id… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If I stop working and publishing, and TV, and film and all that, I would be dead within a couple of weeks. I don't… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes untenable at… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Most middle-class people I know don't really live like me. Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
![“I think that there are just so many people that can't afford not to have Obama win. He's gotten so many disenfranchised people back into the political system that if he didn't win, the disillusionment in America and the idea of more of the same failed policies of the last eight years [2000-2008]…” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1cc/irvine-welsh-843_america_i-think-that-there-are-just-so-many-peop_700710.jpg)
![“I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've got a good agent, I've got a good manager, I'm getting a lot of work out there and doing a lot of stuff - getting a lot of film projects on the go.” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/918/irvine-welsh-843_agents_i-don-t-see-trainspotting-as-an-albatros_7750.jpg)
