“You just want tae fuck up on drugs so that everyone'll think how deep and fucking complex you are. It's pathetic, and… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Sometimes ah think that people become junkies just because they subconsciously crave a wee bit ay silence. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If you have no drugs, then you have revolution, and then drugs will be the only thing stopping that. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I'd always done a lot of sniffing glue as a kid. I was very interested in glue, and then I went to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“They filed out into the cold night at closing time, heading for Begbie's place with a carry-out. They'd already spent twelve hours… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Id always done a lot of (sniffing) glue as a kid. I was very interested in glue, and then I went to… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
You can argue about violence. It's destructive, but people are inherently violent in a lot of ways. Abusing drugs is always bad… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“Was he an alcoholic? What was that? Someone who drinks all the time? Who can't say no to a drink? Who drinks… — 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
Even as I'm shoveling up my hooter, I realize the sad truth. Coke bores me, It bores us all. We're jaded cunts,… — 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
![“The thing about drugs is that it [dealing] gives people an income to deal with, and it also gives people a compelling drama in their lives that they used to get from the office and the factory, and they're no longer there. What happens if you have everything in the hands of the state, particularly…” quote by Irvine Welsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ac8/irvine-welsh-843_compelling_the-thing-about-drugs-is-that-it-dealing_2618440.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)
