“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 to the fucking funeral pyre.” — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“Funny how ye tell people a story to make a point and ye fail, ye fail, a total disaster. Not only do ye no… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“Obviously as a writer you have to reflect on why your work is provoking such hostility, because all you want to do is write… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
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… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“...I used to think there was something up with any female that liked me, I mean, if she didni get bored with my company,… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency. — James Kelman Copy Share Image
In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“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… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
Creativity is not passive, I don't see the creation of art as passive. — James Kelman Copy Share Image
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… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“There existed very long saxophones from years ago. The player sat on their chair like a cellist; that same sort of feeling to it… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
“Ye wake in a corner and stay there hoping yer body will disappear, the thoughts smothering ye; these thoughts; but ye want to remember… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
