Books Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Irvine Welsh

“There's nae reasoning wi some cats. You say 'reason', they mew 'treason'. Ken?”

— 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,…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Irvine Welsh

I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots.

— 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…

— 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,…

— Irvine Welsh