If it's something that I feel uncomfortable with, that's a reason for me to write it. I kind of like to make… — 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
As soon as you've written it, you're thinking about how it can move into different mediums. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
When you think about what Homo sapiens are about, you almost feel that we are replacing ourselves. We won't be able to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think that the Brexit negotiations have to be a big thing that determines the democratic fight-back and galvanizes democratic Europe again… — 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
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
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 that in the future, as more and more money and wealth goes to the 1 per cent, it's going to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
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
It's the UK: We have to get beyond that imperialist state. I think that kind of imperialist, hierarchical, elitist state has made… — 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
It was quite life-affirming, for me, that I felt hat kind of pity for [Margaret Thatcher], because I didn't think I ever… — 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
I think there is a natural thing that you feel when you've written something taboo because you just don't want to expose… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think Scotland's got its own issues, in some ways similar to Northern Ireland with sectarianism, which has been a long-running sore.… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think of the women I know, and very few of them are obsessed with shopping, or with getting a guy -… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think that Europe has to get its act together very quickly. The Belgian guy who's leading the negotiations against Brexit, he… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If I don't have something to do, I'm not the kind of person who can sit on a beach on holiday. I've… — 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
I think that a lot of people on the left are gonna get tired of fighting gun laws, so they're gonna embrace… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I think just getting up and getting to the desk is a big thing. If you can do that, you're in the… — 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
I think [Ecstasy] was a really good stab. It wasn't my strongest book or my strongest material, but they wanted to make… — 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
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