I tried Quote by Irvine Welsh Download Open image “I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that.” — Irvine Welsh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare I tried Like People Standard Standard english Talking
In the 1990s, from the estates of Scotland came the phenomenon of Irvine Welsh. 'Trainspotting' demanded its place not only in the high ranks… — Melvyn Bragg Copy Share Image
It's all been quite a revitalizing process for me, being out there in the States. It wouldn't have happened without Trainspotting. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Some people are born to trains, and some have trains thrust upon them. Fortunately, I can be included in this latter category. — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I dont understand how people get hit by trains. Its not like a train can leave the rail. — Justin Mccloskey Copy Share Image
People's lives are in the care of the railways when they get on a train. The railways should remember that. — Nina Bawden Copy Share Image
Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink. — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection… — Marianne Wiggins Copy Share Image
People who haven't ridden in trains don't know what they're missing. It's not like an airplane. You get to see the countryside, the beautiful… — Ken Kelly Copy Share Image
I love trains. It's the only way to travel anymore where it doesn't involve a TSA agent slowly tracing the curve of my inner… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
If you offer people a decent service, if you give them you know Internet access, if their phones are not cut off on the… — Richard Branson 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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