I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
People haven’t got the interest in long long works these days. A lack of interest which I share. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
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. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
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. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
When I go fishing I like to know that there’s nobody within five miles of me. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
When I talk of hearing a poet’s voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
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. Norman MacCaig Read Quote
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 Read Quote
