Norman MacCaig's Quotes

Norman MacCaig's Quotes 10

When I was a teacher teachers would come into my classroom and admire my...

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought you can't...

In fact a lot of them I think are absolute baloney. Those Charles Olsens and...

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I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

However I learned something. I thought that if the young person the student...

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And the second question can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

And if they haven't got poetry in them there's nothing you can do that will...

All those authors there most of whom of course I've never met. That's the...

I'm very gregarious but I love being in the hills on my own.

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