Irvine Welsh

The first job of a writer is to be honest. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#honest #job #to be honest #writer

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#culture #everything #makes #should #writing

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

#celebrity #create #edinburgh #happening #highbrow

What worries me is the professionalism of everything. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#me #professionalism #worries

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

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There is a kind of mysticism to writing. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

#mysticism #writing

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

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Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have. ↗

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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself. ↗

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I enjoy the freedom of the blank page. ↗

— Irvine Welsh

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