A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that’s not the only reason. — Norman MacCaig
When I talk of hearing a poet’s voice speaking, I always think of it as in the presence of the man. — Norman MacCaig
When I was asked to be writer in residence at edinburgh I thought, you can’t teach poetry. This is ridiculous. — Norman MacCaig
I used to have a great love for dostoyevsky and tolstoy, the big boys of the last century. — Norman MacCaig
If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex. — Norman MacCaig
Because it has to be addressed to somebody – not a particular person, or very rarely. — Norman MacCaig
