I don't give a toss about writing really. It's a bit ironic that the things I'm really into are music and football, and I have never really been good at either.
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When I first started to get into writing, it was via music. I'd generate ideas for songs that would turn into stories, then they'd turn into novels. I was biased toward music.Irvine Welsh
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I've not really been going out, drinking and carousing. I'm being very good, working at the gym, trying to keep body and mind working in the same way.
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