--- title: "6 Filth Quotes By Irvine Welsh" description: "6 Filth quotes by Irvine Welsh. Plus more from Irvine Welsh and more Filth sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/irvine-welsh-843_claw_i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-cl_693995.png" --- > [“I reach into my bag and I pull out my claw hammer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-claw-hammer/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/irvine-welsh-843_claw_i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-cl_693995.png) > [ \[Margaret Thatcher\] was the invisible hand behind it. Without that, there'd be no Trainspotting and no Filth. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/margaret-thatcher-was-the-invisible-hand-behind-it-without-that-there/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38b/irvine-welsh-843_behinds_margaret-thatcher-was-the-invisible-hand_1112971.png) > [ \[Ecstasy\] had its flaws, but again it was shot on a low budget, and they did well. It's not in the same… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/ecstasy-had-its-flaws-but-again-it-was-shot-on-a-low-budget-and-they/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/irvine-welsh-843_budgets_ecstasy-had-its-flaws-but-again-it-was-s_1368538.png) > [ We were looking for someone who could get the film \[Filth\] made at that kind of level, with the finance we wanted,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/we-were-looking-for-someone-who-could-get-the-film-filth-made-at-that/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/irvine-welsh-843_alcoholics_we-were-looking-for-someone-who-could-ge_1584255.jpg) > [For 'Filth,' we had about 12 producers on the thing. The opening credits go on for months. Most of them are actually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/for-filth-we-had-about-12-producers-on-the-thing-the-opening-credits/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/828/irvine-welsh-843_budget_for-filth-we-had-about-12-producers-on-t_2179546.jpg) > [I mean Filth is the best British film since Trainspotting. It might even be better. I keep watching it back to back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-mean-filth-is-the-best-british-film-since-trainspotting-it-might/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/irvine-welsh-843_british_i-mean-filth-is-the-best-british-film-si_3030059.png) ## More by Irvine Welsh > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-don-t-see-trainspotting-as-an-albatross-i-see-it-more-as-a-calling/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/he-emphasised-basic-truths-you-are-not-dying-yet-you-have-to-live/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/without-this-kickstart-to-my-day-i-d-be-lost-a-day-without-a-morning/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [“There's nae reasoning wi some cats. You say 'reason', they mew 'treason'. Ken?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/there-s-nae-reasoning-wi-some-cats-you-say-reason-they-mew-treason-ken/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/it-s-crazy-for-somebody-who-s-kind-of-empowered-and-wealthy-like/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/when-you-go-away-you-see-where-you-come-from-in-a-different-light-i/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/if-it-s-something-that-i-feel-uncomfortable-with-that-s-a-reason-for/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/there-s-nothing-worse-than-a-violent-beating-from-an-unremarkable/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/if-i-stop-working-and-publishing-and-tv-and-film-and-all-that-i-would/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-can-see-why-the-russians-love-robert-burns-i-think-that-russians/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes untenable at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/if-you-continue-to-transfer-the-wealth-of-the-population-of-the/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/most-middle-class-people-i-know-don-t-really-live-like-me-middle/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [As soon as you've written it, you're thinking about how it can move into different mediums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/as-soon-as-you-ve-written-it-you-re-thinking-about-how-it-can-move/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [“Begbie doesnae even notice; he's in his element, particularly good at funerals in the way a lot ay psychopaths tend tae be. Ah suppose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/begbie-doesnae-even-notice-he-s-in-his-element-particularly-good-at/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) > [I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the sexes. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-m-more-of-a-warrior-than-you-ll-ever-be-i-believe-in-the-class-war/) [Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irvine-welsh/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/filth/irvine-welsh/#itemlist", "name": "6 Filth Quotes By Irvine Welsh", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I reach into my bag and I pull out my claw hammer.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Irvine Welsh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irvine-welsh/i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-claw-hammer/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/irvine-welsh-843_claw_i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-cl_693995.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/irvine-welsh-843_claw_i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-cl_693995.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/577/irvine-welsh-843_claw_i-reach-into-my-bag-and-i-pull-out-my-cl_693995.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I reach into my bag and I pull out my claw hammer.” — Irvine Welsh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Margaret Thatcher] was the invisible hand behind it. 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