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Norman MacCaig quotes: I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

I used to fish the Border rivers, but nowadays you have to queue up for a shot and I can't stand that.

Norman MacCaig quotes: And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: I will not feel, I will notfeel, untilI have to

I will not feel, I will not
feel, until
I have to

Norman MacCaig quotes: But you'd have a job to find many of my poems which would seem to be very influenced by a particular person.

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 quotes: Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

Anybody who writes doesn't like to be misunderstood.

Norman MacCaig quotes: And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

And it's impossible for me to read Henry James.

Norman MacCaig quotes: Scholars, I plead with you, Where are your dictionaries of the wind, the grasses?

Scholars, I plead with you, Where are your dictionaries of the wind, the grasses?

Norman MacCaig quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

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

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings ... That's not quite true!

But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better than paintings ... That's not quite true!

Norman MacCaig quotes: I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own.

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: I don't think of myself all the time.

I don't think of myself all the time.

Norman MacCaig quotes: When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense.

I don't care whether a book is a first edition or not. I'm not a bibliophile in that word's natural sense.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now.

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: The dayWas like the buzzard on the pine.

The day
Was like the buzzard on the pine.

Norman MacCaig quotes: When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.

When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.

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

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it.

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

Norman MacCaig quotes: All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.

Norman MacCaig quotes: People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.

People haven't got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.

Norman MacCaig quotes: When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.

When I talk of hearing a poet's voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man.

Norman MacCaig quotes: In some ways I'm a reticent man, and for quite a number of years there wasn't very much of my real true deep feelings in my writing.

In some ways I'm a reticent man, and for quite a number of years there wasn't very much of my real true deep feelings in my writing.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I just didn't want to shoot other people.

I just didn't want to shoot other people.

Norman MacCaig quotes: I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.

I only keep books that I like very much. Otherwise I'd throw them out.