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> [“...I used to think there was something up with any female that liked me, I mean, if she didni get bored with my company, there had to be something up with her. Otherwise how come she wasni with somebody else?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/i-used-to-think-there-was-something-up-with-any-female-that-liked-me/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

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## More by James Kelman

> [“Funny how ye tell people a story to make a point and ye fail, ye fail, a total disaster. Not only do ye no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/funny-how-ye-tell-people-a-story-to-make-a-point-and-ye-fail-ye-fail/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“Obviously as a writer you have to reflect on why your work is provoking such hostility, because all you want to do is write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/obviously-as-a-writer-you-have-to-reflect-on-why-your-work-is/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns people who never have to worry about money at all. We always seem to be watching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/ninety-nine-per-cent-of-traditional-english-literature-concerns/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“...I used to think there was something up with any female that liked me, I mean, if she didni get bored with my company,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/i-used-to-think-there-was-something-up-with-any-female-that-liked-me/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/the-beauty-of-prose-fiction-that-i-see-is-simply-that-in-order-to/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/in-prose-fiction-the-freedom-to-work-honestly-exists-although-you-may/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“Nay point in hoping for the best.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/nay-point-in-hoping-for-the-best/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“But lassies are trained for it, in a manner of speaking; it's part of the growing-up process for them, young females. It doesn't happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/but-lassies-are-trained-for-it-in-a-manner-of-speaking-it-s-part-of/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [Creativity is not passive, I don't see the creation of art as passive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/creativity-is-not-passive-i-don-t-see-the-creation-of-art-as-passive/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [Theoretical webs, dirty webs, fusty webs, old and shrivelling away into nothingness, a fine dust.Who needs that kind of stuff. Far far better getting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/theoretical-webs-dirty-webs-fusty-webs-old-and-shrivelling-away-into/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“There existed very long saxophones from years ago. The player sat on their chair like a cellist; that same sort of feeling to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/there-existed-very-long-saxophones-from-years-ago-the-player-sat-on/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“Ye wake in a corner and stay there hoping yer body will disappear, the thoughts smothering ye; these thoughts; but ye want to remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/ye-wake-in-a-corner-and-stay-there-hoping-yer-body-will-disappear-the/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [“Folk take a battering but, they do; they get born and they get brought up and they get fuckt. That's the story; the cot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/folk-take-a-battering-but-they-do-they-get-born-and-they-get-brought/)

[James Kelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kelman/)

> [My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kelman/my-culture-and-my-language-have-the-right-to-exist-and-no-one-has-the/)

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