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

Culture Writing Everything About Makes Should

It's different in Scotland. People who come to readings are more interested in literature as such, but the readership in general is really quite diverse. It's a cliche, but it's said that people who read my books don't read any other books, and you do get that element. Irvine Welsh

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I don't want everything to be flowery perfection. I like it there to be a charge behind it, you know? Irvine Welsh

You Everything Charge Perfection Like Know Behind Want Flowery

I just want to get on and tell stories. Irvine Welsh

Tell Get Just Want Stories

I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that. Irvine Welsh

People Tried Write Like Talking Were Standard English

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

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Everybody in my family were great storytellers. My dad and his brothers would just go on and on; they could tell amazing stories. I think it was something to do with the Celtic, oral storytelling tradition. People very much had that propensity towards telling tales. Irvine Welsh

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The idea is not enough. And the most annoying thing for me as a writer is that people will come up to me and say, 'Hey, I've got a great idea for a book. I'm not a writer, but I've got a great story.' Irvine Welsh

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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life. Irvine Welsh

Life Change Looking Live Society Changing Out Kind Consumer Instead Always Going Just Next Product Your

From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy. Irvine Welsh

House Moved Acid Realism Urban Fantasy

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

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For 'Filth,' we had about 12 producers on the thing. The opening credits go on for months. Most of them are actually financers rather than producers. And the only way that we could raise the budget without interference from a studio was to have a lot of different financers on board. Irvine Welsh

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I'm probably a natural uncle. I can take the kids out and have fun with them and look after them, and I can be Mr. Popular. But actually having to do the grind? That stuff just doesn't appeal at all. Irvine Welsh

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I've been doing a bit of screenwriting and producing, and even a bit of directing. Irvine Welsh

Bit Directing Doing Been Screenwriting Producing Even

It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way. Irvine Welsh

Myself Reputation Sullen Saw Way Kind Never Got Odd Really

The older you get, the less physically and mentally robust you become. Irvine Welsh

You Become Older Physically Mentally Robust Get Less

A lot of my characters are anti-heroes that became heroes. Irvine Welsh

Heroes Characters Became Lot

I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished. They say, 'Where's the book you were going to write?' And I say, 'Forget about it. It doesn't exist.' Irvine Welsh

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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them. Irvine Welsh

Book Book Store Something Missing Town Like Fewer Store Unfortunately Them

People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing. Irvine Welsh

Culture People Able Without Getting Should Express Thing

We've become used to processing images that are part of the non-linear narrative theory. I think there's a thinner line between fantasy and normality. People spend much more time in their own heads now. There's so much to conform to, so many influences coming at you. Irvine Welsh

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