Irvine Welsh : (6) " 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 " Politicians are so… detested; they don’t actually walk amongst people now. " - Irvine Welsh " Sometimes there’s a snobbery among literary types that these people don’t really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There’s a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level. " - Irvine Welsh " Filmmaking is a much more collaborative thing than literature, so you know you’re going to be working with a group of people at the start. You know it’s going to be a compromise. " - Irvine Welsh " Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That’s what makes it what it is. " - Irvine Welsh " Everyone needs some kind of compelling drama in their life, basically. " - Irvine Welsh