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Everybody that writes has their own area of inquiry. And mine has always been kind of, why is it that when life can be so hard and difficult, we compound it by self-sabotage, doing terrible things? That's always been my main area of inquiry, and it does lead you to dark places.
— Irvine Welsh
Tags: doing, always, you, life

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'Ulysses' is like a big box of tricks that you can dive into. Each time you read it, you find something new.
— Irvine Welsh
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'True Detective' was the last show I got crazy about, with its 'Silence of the Lambs'-style landscape and those strip mall badlands of America.
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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.
— Irvine Welsh
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It's really odd that I've got this kind of sullen reputation - I never saw myself that way.
— Irvine Welsh
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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
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