"Ninety-nine per cent of traditional English literature concerns……" — 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 or reading about emotional crises among folk who live in a world of great fortune both in matters of luck and money; stories and fantasies about rock stars and film stars, sporting millionaires and models; jet-setting members of the aristocracy and international financiers."

— James Kelman

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2 Quotes by James Kelman

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My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that.

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