When I started off with Trainspotting, it was the way the characters came to me. That's how they sounded to me. It seemed pretentious to sound any ot….

Every decoding is another encoding..

Everything was believed except the truth..

The work that I'm proudest of is the work that I'm most afraid of..

I was physically abused and I retaliated..

Meow, Meow, Motherfucker..

The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules..

I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of ….

Every film I've ever worked on, and that includes 'Braveheart' and 'Trainspotting,' I've always witnessed a director having a breakdown. Every direct….

I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself..

I've read a lot of Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting, Glue - he's written some beauties..

I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've got a good agent, I've got a good ….

The subsequent success levels, all the other stuff [after Trainspotting], it comes at a much higher level..

It's all been quite a revitalizing process for me, being out there in the States. It wouldn't have happened without Trainspotting..

Choose life … I chose not to choose life. I chose something else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin?.

[Margaret Thatcher] was the invisible hand behind it. Without that, there'd be no Trainspotting and no Filth..

I mean Filth is the best British film since Trainspotting. It might even be better. I keep watching it back to back with Trainspotting to try and wor….

I've never watched Trainspotting. I just know it's a very critically acclaimed film. In fact, I've never watched any of Danny's movies [means before ….