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.
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When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can't teach poetry. This is ridiculous.
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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!
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I find it's impossible for me to read Proust.
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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.
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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
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