Roger McGough Quotes

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.

People can put their best poems straight onto the web.

You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.

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.

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.

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.

I`m terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems.

We shouldn`t have got married, really. Shouldn`t have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.

I wish the word whimsical wasn`t used now.

Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don`t have to tell anyone you`re doing it.

If I decide to be indecisive, that`s my decision.