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> [If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/if-i-wrote-a-play-with-four-characters-every-single-one-of-them-would/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

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## More by Norman MacCaig

> [“The day Was like the buzzard on the pine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/the-day-was-like-the-buzzard-on-the-pine/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/in-fact-a-lot-of-them-i-think-are-absolute-baloney-those-charles/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/if-i-wrote-a-play-with-four-characters-every-single-one-of-them-would/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [I don't think of myself all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/i-don-t-think-of-myself-all-the-time/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/and-it-s-impossible-for-me-to-read-henry-james/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/and-the-second-question-can-poetry-be-taught-i-didn-t-think-so/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/anybody-who-writes-doesn-t-like-to-be-misunderstood/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/all-those-authors-there-most-of-whom-of-course-i-ve-never-met-that-s/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/and-in-a-way-that-s-been-a-help-to-me-because-i-take-great-passions/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/but-i-hang-on-to-books-i-love-them-i-even-think-they-re-very-nice/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/i-find-it-s-impossible-for-me-to-read-proust/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/i-was-very-interested-in-american-poetry-for-many-years-much-less-now/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/a-terrible-thing-about-getting-oldish-is-that-your-friends-start/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [I learned words, I learned words; but half of them died from lack of exercise. And the ones I use often look at me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/i-learned-words-i-learned-words-but-half-of-them-died-from-lack-of/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

> [Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-maccaig/well-i-love-fishing-i-wouldn-t-kill-a-fly-myself-but-i-ve-no/)

[Norman MacCaig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-maccaig/)

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