I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry. Norman MacCaig inventionmimicrypower Change image and share on social
And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping. Norman MacCaig badboredroop share on social
However, I learned something. I thought that if the young person, the student, has poetry in him or her, to offer them help is like offering a propeller to a bird. Norman MacCaig birdlearnoffer Change image and share on social
Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood. Norman MacCaig misunderstandwrite Change image and share on social
But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person. Norman MacCaig findinfluencejob Change image and share on social
A terrible thing about getting oldish is that your friends start dying, and in the last ten years I have lost seven or eight of my closest. Norman MacCaig closediefriend Change image and share on social
I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now. Norman MacCaig americaninterestpoetry Change image and share on social
And in a way, that's been a help to me, because I take great passions for a particular poet - sometimes it lasts for many years, sometimes only for a while. This happens to everybody. Norman MacCaig greatlastpassion Change image and share on social
I used to have a great love for Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy, the big boys of the last century. Norman MacCaig bigboycentury Change image and share on social
People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share. Norman MacCaig dayinterestlack Change image and share on social
