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 Read Quote
And if they haven’t got poetry in them, there’s nothing you can do that will produce it. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can’t teach poetry. This is ridiculous. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
