Irvine Welsh

I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.

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These are some quotes by Scottish author Irvine Welsh Novelist, who was born on September 27, 1961.

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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.

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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.

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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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