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.
My culture and my language have the right to exist, and no one has the authority to dismiss that. - James Kelman
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
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…
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
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 …
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
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…
Creativity is not passive, I don't see the creation of art as passive. - James Kelman
Creativity is not passive, I don't see the creation of art as passive.
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
The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.
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