The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
“But I do like Scotland. I like the miserable weather. I like the miserable people, the fatalism, the negativity, the violence that's always just… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse;… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
It might be tough, but my dad used to say, tough times don't last — tough people do. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
“People think we didn't have theatres in Scotland for centuries because the Church suppressed them. Well, perhaps. But you could also argue that we… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is. — James Robertson Copy Share Image
“Walking through a deserted city in the hours before dawn is sobering way beyond the undoing of the effects of alcohol. Every thing is… — James Robertson Copy Share Image
![“[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happier or better or just a different path. Just because they're in the past doesn't mean you can't…” quote by James Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/589/james-robertson-30882_another-time_m-ost-people-go-through-life-a-wee-bit-d_1305165.jpg)
