Douglas Dunn

A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem.

I've always liked Muir without knowing quite why.

The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence.

Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.