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

- 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

In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of literature, I mean drama, there …

- 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 r…

- James Kelman

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

- 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