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 Read Quote
We want to feel hyper-alive, and it’s like, the more cartoonish and grotesque the level we can operate at, the better. It’s like the world we live in has become quite safe in a lot of ways, and it has become harder to genuinely transgress. But the desire to transgress is a real feeling. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
From ‘Trainspotting’ to ‘Acid House,’ I moved from urban realism into fantasy. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
Boxing gives you such a good workout, although I’ve stopped sparring. When your hand speed goes, you’re going to get caught, and you can’t afford to take cumulative smacks on the chops when you’re a writer. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
I left Edinburgh to follow the London punk scene in 1978, singing and playing guitar in various bands. My income was sporadic, so I did anything to eke out some kind of subsistence – laying down slabs, working as a kitchen porter. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
I think young writers should get other degrees first, social sciences, arts degrees or even business degrees. What you learn is research skills, a necessity because a lot of writing is about trying to find information. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
I have a lot of successful musician pals, and as I get older, I find that I’m lucky to be a writer. I have great anonymity compared to musicians who sell the same number of records as I do books. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
It’s very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
Television has become the government, priest, psychotherapist – the legitimiser of our egos. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
Basically, particularly in Britain, it’s a hegemonic thing that people who write tend to come from the leisure classes. They can afford the time and the books. Irvine Welsh Read Quote
