“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.” NeedsWellsStuffRealismMysticalEscapists Author: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, and they do a lot of nine-to-five stuff.” PeopleKnowsJobsStuffClassWorryFiveMiddleSecurityNineLike MeMiddle Class Author:Irvine Welsh
“You've got the whole stuff with transgender toilets and stuff like that - that's no way for a government to behave. We're supposed to be against ISIS, so why are we trying to slowly introduce a country-club version of Sharia law in America, you know? It doesn't make any real sense at all. I think there's going to be a lot of energy, there is already a lot of reaction against that - people are prepared to really stand up and be counted for democracy, and in the process to find out what is and what isn't.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayTryingRealCountryWholeGovernmentAmericaLawEnergyStuffProcessDemocracyPreparedClubsReactionsVersionsSupposed To BeBehaveIntroducingToiletsIsisTransgenderShariaCountry ClubsSharia Law Author:Irvine Welsh
“People go to the big urban centres because they have a quality of life, a quality of intellectual inquiry in the big urban centres that you don't necessarily have in smaller, rural communities. I've got loads of friends and relatives that live there. People like living there, bringing up their kids there and all that stuff, but it'd be the death of me. I couldn't be in a small town, ten minutes I'd enjoy it, and then I'd get fed up because you're so constrained and constricted by it.” PeopleBigsKidsStuffEnjoyCommunityQualityMinutesTenIntellectualTownsFedsLoadUrbanCentreInquirySmall TownQuality Of LifeFed UpRural Communities Author:Irvine Welsh
“I think that Europe has to get its act together very quickly. The Belgian guy who's leading the negotiations against Brexit, he sees it as a whole chance to reboot Europe and reclaim the kind of social mission of Europe from all this corporate, bureaucratic, globalist stuff that has got into, building Europe for the people rather than the banks, again.” PeopleThinkingKindWholeTogetherGuySocialStuffChanceBuildingEuropeMissionsCorporateNegotiationBelgians Author: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 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.” FilmStuffCallingProjectsHollywoodWork OutCardsAgentsManagersGood ManGood ManagerAlbatrossTrainspotting Author:Irvine Welsh
“The subsequent success levels, all the other stuff [after Trainspotting], it comes at a much higher level.” StuffLevelsHigherHigher LevelTrainspotting Author:Irvine Welsh
“You write people as human beings first and then the gender specific stuff second.” PeopleWritingFirstsHumansStuffHuman BeingsGender Author:Irvine Welsh
“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.” LiteratureStuffHappeningsLondonEdinburgh Author:Irvine Welsh
