Aesthetic Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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.

— James Kelman

“Nay point in hoping for the best.”

— 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…

— James Kelman

Creativity is not passive, I don't see the creation of art as passive.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— James Kelman