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… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
In some ways I'm a reticent man, and for quite a number of years there wasn't very much of my real true… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous. — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more… — 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
