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Category Archive: Norman MacCaig

Norman MacCaig Quote: “All those authors there, most of…”

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 miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you’ve enjoyed.

June 2, 2021 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “But you’d have a job to…”

But you’d have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.

June 1, 2021 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “When I was a teacher, teachers…”

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

May 11, 2021 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “If I wrote a play with…”

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.

April 10, 2021 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “And the second question, can poetry…”

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

February 21, 2021 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “There are some friends you don’t…”

There are some friends you don’t meet for twenty years and when you meet them again it’s as if no twenty years has happened – you’re lucky when that happens. I feel the same about books.

November 27, 2020 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “It’s like breathing in and out…”

It’s like breathing in and out to me. It’s like having a conversation with someone who isn’t there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody – not a particular person, or very rarely.

August 25, 2020 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “I’m very gregarious, but I love…”

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

July 29, 2020 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “I used to have a great…”

I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of the last century.

June 30, 2020 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

Norman MacCaig Quote: “Well, I love fishing. I wouldn’t…”

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 that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that’s not the only reason.

March 19, 2020 1910, Norman MacCaig, November 14, Quotes by Poets, Scottish

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