I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and people like that. At first I was interested in… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
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… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings...… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I learned words, I learned words; but half of them died from lack of exercise. And the ones I use often look at me… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
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… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
