Roger McGough Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
Roger McGough Quotes and Sayings
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Better is a big ambition. Some people don't want that ambition as a writer. Some people seem to want to unsettle the reader. I don't know.
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I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.
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I wish the word whimsical wasn't used now.
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I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems.
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If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.
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If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children, things that touch your soul.
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People can put their best poems straight onto the web.
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We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.
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Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.
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Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together.
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You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.
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