"The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create……" — Irvine Welsh
"The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel."
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64 Quotes by Irvine Welsh
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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Sometimes ah think that people become junkies just because they subconsciously crave a wee bit ay silence.
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Love does not exist, it's like religion, the state wants you to believe in that kind of crap so they…
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I enjoy the freedom of the blank page.
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I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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There is a kind of mysticism to writing.
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Basically, particularly in Britain, it's a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They…
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