A collection of thoughts and quotes by Irvine Welsh on filth, election, political, life, meaning, books, soul, freedom, story, writing, kind, humanity, genius and power.
63 Inspiring Quotes By Irvine Welsh For Creative Writers
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Irvine Welsh is an eminent playwright, short story writer and novelist renowned for his novel ‘Trainspotting’. It was later adapted for a film of the same name. He has penned downed a number of screenplays and plays. He has also directed a number of short films. Welsh's thoughts and works are characterised by brutal depiction of Edinburgh life and raw Scots dialect. Some of his renowned books, novels, screenplays, thoughts and short story collections include, ‘The Acid House’, ‘Filth’, ‘Crime’, ‘The Sex Lives Of Siamese Twins’, ‘Reheated Cabbage’, ‘You’ll Have Had Your Hole’, ‘If You Liked School You’ll Love Work’ etc. We have rounded some popular and profound quotes and sayings which have been excerpted from his writings, thoughts, work, plays, stories, novels, books, interviews and public utterances. Let us browse through some simple, inspiring and enlightening quotable quotes and thoughts by Irvine Welsh.
By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.
When two people were in love you had to leave them to it. Especially when you weren't in love and wished that you were. That could embarrass. That could hurt.
Now, for the first time, he's seeing that there really is a way out of this, and it's all so simple. You don't have to run away. You just meet somebody special and step sideways into a parallel universe.
The fact that you use the term "cunt" in the same breath as "sexist", shows that you display the same muddled, fucked-up thinking oan this issue as you do oan everything else.
It’s all okay, it’s all beautiful; but ah fear that this internal sea is gaunnae subside soon, leaving this poisonous shite washed up, stranded up in ma body.
Ah suppose man, ah'm too much ay a perfectionist, ken? It's likesay, if things go a bit dodgy, ah jist cannae be bothered, y'know.
Irvine Welsh
... Basically, we live a short, disappointing life; and then we die. We fill up oor lives wi shite, things like careers and relationships tae delude oorsels that it isnae aw totally pointless.
The best way ah knew tae strike a chord without compromising too much tae the sickening hypocrisy, perversely peddled as decency, which fills the room, is tae stick tae the clichés.
Irvine Welsh
But ah cannae even endorse these sentiments as they are at best peripheral tae the moment.
Irvine Welsh
Gillman smiles, in the cold manner of an assassin. It's like looking in the mirror.
The politics of the last twenty years in Britain are liars' politics. The problem is we are ruled by the weak and the small-minded, who are too stupid to know that they are weak and small-minded.
Irvine Welsh
We tend to be rather murky little ponds, containing many layers of suspended dirt and grime and our greatest depths are stirred by the strangest of currents.
Irvine Welsh
Drugs are always fun.
Irvine Welsh
Money gives you the luxury of not caring about it. You can affect to find it crass and vulgar, but see how crass and vulgar it is when there’s none of it in your pocket.
His mind raced through past horrors experienced first hand and from the accounts of others. He mentally flipped through a grim database which contained everything from vegan flatmates to psychotic pimps.
They mean well, and they mean well tae me, but there's nae way under the sun that they can
appreciate what ah feel, what ah need.
Protect me from those who wish tae help us.
No ambition but to use up the big wages on more drink and more hopeless horses.
Irvine Welsh
Okay baby, let's take this rocket to Uranus. This hoor is perfect, and she can act as well.
Irvine Welsh
Why did I join the force? I repeat, - Oh I'd have to say that it was due to police oppression. I'd witnessed it within my own community and decided that it was something I wanted to be part of, I smile.
