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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

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Irvine Welsh

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Want

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

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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. "

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Irvine Welsh

Way

Budget

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" It's very difficult to be objective about yourself and your own circumstances, but one thing I do know about is that I grew up surrounded by storytellers. "

Irvine Welsh

Yourself

Circumstances

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" It's been a good thing for me to try and understand America. "

Irvine Welsh

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Try

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