"The first job of a writer is to be honest."

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Source : Twitter post from Sep 27, 2012

Irvine Welsh

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“I take a deep breath and sidestep my fear and begin speaking from the place where beauty and bravery meet--within the chambers of a quivering heart.”
“The gates of heaven are so easily found when we are little, and they are always standing open to let children wander in.”
“[Bob] Dylan thus deserves the Nobel Prize, not just for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," as the Nobel committee aptly described his work, but also for embodying the contradictions within it.”

Source : Source: www.thedailybeast.com
“Every time I see a coin on the street, I stop, pick it up, put it into my pocket, and say out loud "Thank you, God, for this symbol of abundance that keeps flowing into my life" Never once have I asked, "Why only a penny, God? You know I need a lot more than that."”
“I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.”
“We cannot pretend that reality is different from what it is.”
“Blue Boy proves that if you don't quite fit in, then you might as well stand out with as much wit, color and audacity as you can muster.”
“Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration.”

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