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Irvine Welsh Quotes

I feel like I’ve exhausted guys and male friendships Picture Quote #1

Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers Picture Quote #1

How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete? Picture Quote #1

Everything in the street today seems soft focus Picture Quote #1

Thir must be less tae life than this Picture Quote #1

Once you’ve been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it’s hard to talk about the weather Picture Quote #1

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When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies Picture Quote #1

Ah suppose man, ah’m too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It’s likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y’know Picture Quote #1

I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I’m writing I don’t like to read other fiction Picture Quote #1

It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you’re in control any more Picture Quote #1

There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society Picture Quote #1

I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology Picture Quote #1

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When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I’d generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they’d turn into novels. I was biased toward music Picture Quote #1

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That’s what makes it what it is Picture Quote #1

It’s only now that I realize that behaviour always has a context and precedents, it’s what you do rather than what you are, although we often never recognise that context or understand what these precedents are Picture Quote #1

I’ve read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he’s written some beauties Picture Quote #1

I’d always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn’t getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel Picture Quote #1

You can’t just have stuff that is free and escapist, you have to have stuff that is confrontational as well. You need stuff that is mystical but you need the realism too Picture Quote #1

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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 involved Picture Quote #1

Choose life … I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin? Picture Quote #1

When two people were in love you had to leave them to it. Especially when you weren’t in love and wished that you were. That could embarrass. That could hurt Picture Quote #1

Some people are easier to love when you don’t have to be around them Picture Quote #1

It wis like auld times, but in a sense that only served tae remind us ay how much things hud changed Picture Quote #1

Sometimes ah think that people become junkies just because they subconsciously crave a wee bit ay silence Picture Quote #1

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You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia Picture Quote #1

Now, for the first time, he’s seeing that there really is a way out of this, and it’s all so simple. You don’t have to run away. You just meet somebody special and step sideways into a parallel universe Picture Quote #1

It was the books I started reading. It was the music I started listening to. It was the television I started watching. I found myself thinking again. I tried to stop because it was only causing pain. I couldn’t. Wen all this is in your head it has to come out into your life. If it doesn’t, you get crushed. I’m not going to get crushed Picture Quote #1

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I feel like I’ve exhausted guys and male friendships (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Bad luck is usually transmitted by close proximity to habitual sufferers (Irvine Welsh Quotes) How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete? (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Everything in the street today seems soft focus (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Thir must be less tae life than this (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Once you’ve been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it’s hard to talk about the weather (Irvine Welsh Quotes) When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Ah suppose man, ah’m too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It’s likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y’know (Irvine Welsh Quotes) I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I’m writing I don’t like to read other fiction (Irvine Welsh Quotes) It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you’re in control any more (Irvine Welsh Quotes) There's all this stuff that is happening in Edinburgh now, it's a sad attempt to create an Edinburgh society, similar to a London society, a highbrow literature celebrity society (Irvine Welsh Quotes) I spend so much time on the screen when I am writing, the last thing you want to do is spend more time on the Internet looking at a screen. That's what I hate about all this technology (Irvine Welsh Quotes) When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I’d generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they’d turn into novels. I was biased toward music (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That’s what makes it what it is (Irvine Welsh Quotes) It’s only now that I realize that behaviour always has a context and precedents, it’s what you do rather than what you are, although we often never recognise that context or understand what these precedents are (Irvine Welsh Quotes) I’ve read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he’s written some beauties (Irvine Welsh Quotes) I’d always liked to read, but when I picked up books I wasn’t getting the same kind of excitement from them that I was from going out clubbing. I wanted to get the same kind of feel (Irvine Welsh Quotes) You can’t just have stuff that is free and escapist, you have to have stuff that is confrontational as well. You need stuff that is mystical but you need the realism too (Irvine Welsh Quotes) 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 involved (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Choose life … I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin? (Irvine Welsh Quotes) When two people were in love you had to leave them to it. Especially when you weren’t in love and wished that you were. That could embarrass. That could hurt (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Some people are easier to love when you don’t have to be around them (Irvine Welsh Quotes) It wis like auld times, but in a sense that only served tae remind us ay how much things hud changed (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Sometimes ah think that people become junkies just because they subconsciously crave a wee bit ay silence (Irvine Welsh Quotes) You can only live in the world you ken. The rest is just wishful thinking or paranoia (Irvine Welsh Quotes) Now, for the first time, he’s seeing that there really is a way out of this, and it’s all so simple. You don’t have to run away. You just meet somebody special and step sideways into a parallel universe (Irvine Welsh Quotes) It was the books I started reading. It was the music I started listening to. It was the television I started watching. I found myself thinking again. I tried to stop because it was only causing pain. I couldn’t. Wen all this is in your head it has to come out into your life. If it doesn’t, you get crushed. I’m not going to get crushed (Irvine Welsh Quotes)

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