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Norman MacCaig Quotes

Norman MacCaig quotes

Scottish Poet November 14, 1910 – January 23, 1996

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Norman MacCaig quote: "If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of..."
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. Norman MacCaig
All those authors there, most of whom of course I've never met. That's the poetry side, that's the prose side, that's the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you've enjoyed. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "People haven't got the interest in long long works these days...."
People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share. Norman MacCaig
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean..."
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw..."
I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so."
And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so. Norman MacCaig
I think these movements and become them, here, In this room's stillness, none of them about, And relish them all-until I think of where. Thrashed by a crook, the cursive adder writes. Quick V's and Q's in the dust and rubs them out. from "Movements Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem..."
But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no..."
I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry. Norman MacCaig
All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "And it's impossible for me to read Henry James."
And it's impossible for me to read Henry James. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "I find it's impossible for me to read Proust."
I find it's impossible for me to read Proust. Norman MacCaig
Norman MacCaig quote: "When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I..."
When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. Norman MacCaig
It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely. Norman MacCaig

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