I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

Quote by Norman MacCaig

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But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice...

But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice...

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and...

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and...

I don't think of myself all the time.

I don't think of myself all the time.

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk...

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk...

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions...

And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions...

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers....

And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers....

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the...

A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the...

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry...

However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry...

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for...

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for...

I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a...

I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a...

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of...

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of...

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk...

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk...

There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them...

There are some friends you don't meet for twenty years and when you meet them...