George Murray

Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

— George Murray

I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction.

— George Murray

A sequence works in a way a collection never can.

— George Murray

I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.

— George Murray

I suppress the vast majority of what I write.

— George Murray

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.

— George Murray

The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.

— George Murray

My self-editing process is intense.

— George Murray

It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway.

— George Murray

I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.

— George Murray

I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.

— George Murray

I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.

— George Murray

In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada.

— George Murray

New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

— George Murray

I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.

— George Murray

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.

— George Murray

Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to…

— George Murray

In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage…

— George Murray

I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it…

— George Murray

I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy…

— George Murray

I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point…

— George Murray

I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I…

— George Murray

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend…

— George Murray

I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to…

— George Murray

With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly.

— George Murray

I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.

— George Murray

Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads…

— George Murray

The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.

— George Murray