“That's all very well as an abstract moral principle, Avril, a coffee-table theoretical construct, but there's no denying the sheer gratuitous pleasure to be derived from seeing members of the ruling class in pain and torment.” WellsPainPleasureMoralClassPrinciplesSeeingMembersTablesCoffeeAbstractSheerConstructsTormentRulingTheoreticalMoral Principles Book:The Acid House Source: The Acid House
“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
“As a writer, you play this daft game with yourself - you're constantly looking for distractions, anything to stop you from writing, but you're constantly fighting the distractions to write as well.” WritingWellsPlayFightingGamesDistractionDaft Author:Irvine Welsh
“In America I think we need to move towards a social democracy, European-style basically, and I think that in Britain we do as well.” ThinkingNeedsWellsAmericaMovingSocialDemocracyStyleBritainSocial Democracy Author:Irvine Welsh
“Chicago is seen as everything that Trump detests, which I think kind of reflects really well on the city I think, because it's a mark of what a classy, cool, sort of place it is. You can't tame everyone in America, as much as these people would like to, into some kind of small-town, Southern community.” PeopleThinkingWellsKindAmericaCommunityCitiesTrumpMarkTownsChicagoSouthernSmall Town Author:Irvine Welsh
“The first time I went to West Virginia I was surprised by how poor it was. It was like north India, there's kids running around in bare feet. The white working class has been disenfranchised as well. It's been disenfranchised by the liberal-left as well as the conservative-right. You really have to get people right across America and Britain and Europe and the world as a whole concentrating on the economic issues that affect them, because when you don't have that, you have all these phony, racist and cultural wars, and sexist wars.” PeopleWorldFirstsWellsHas BeensWarWholeRunningKidsAmericaLeftWhitePoorClassIssuesFeetEconomicFirst TimeEuropeIndiaWestConservativeBritainRacistWorking ClassVirginiaConcentratingSexistPhonyWest VirginiaBare FeetDisenfranchisedEconomic Issues Author:Irvine Welsh
“[Ecstasy] had its flaws, but again it was shot on a low budget, and they did well. It's not in the same league as Filth.” WellsLowsShotsBudgetsLeagueFlawsEcstasyFilth Author:Irvine Welsh
“I'm more of a warrior than you'll ever be. I believe in the class war. I believe in the battle of the sexes. I believe in my tribe. I believe in the righteous, intelligent clued-up section of the working classes against the brain-dead moronic masses as well as the mediocre, soulless bourgeoisie.” BelieveWellsWarI BelieveSexBrainClassBattleMassIntelligentI Believe InWarriorRighteousWorking ClassTribesMediocreSectionsBourgeoisieSoullessBattle Of The SexesBrain Dead Book:T2 Trainspotting Source: T2 Trainspotting
