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George Murray [0-0] Canadian

Rank: 103
Poet, British Politician

Sir George Murray GCB GCH FRS was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.

Poetry, Romantic

Quote	Tags	Rank
With 'Carousel' I had an idea and it all came out quickly.		101
I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.		102
I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me.	Poetry	103
I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.		104
In fact, in some ways, I actually feel much more confident about the quality of Carousel than I do about The Cottage Builder's Letter: probably because of its cohesive nature.		105
A sequence works in a way a collection never can.		106
Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no big deal, or part of a natural progression from poetry to fiction, but often it's really just about the money, the perceived prestige.	Poetry	107
I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.		108
I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view, radically different from the last.		109
I think the main influence has been living in New York City. Aside from all the crap around 9/11, I find it very demanding to think amid all the noise and visual pollution.		110
I wanted to rock back and forth between myth and distant futures, yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It felt a bit like prophecy and a bit like storytelling.		111
Humour is a fine line to walk in poetry, as in fiction. I just think it's harder to write. It's harder to keep the respect of the reader too.		112
I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.		113
I am still interested in the long or serial poem, but have written a few smaller things. I may start sending to journals again in a year or so... that's about it.		114
I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.		115
I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.		116
I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction.		117
I suppress the vast majority of what I write.		118
I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.		119
I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.		120
In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada.		121
It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway.		122
My self-editing process is intense.		123
New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.		124
The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.		125
The whole competition thing disturbs me. Not that I wasn't a part of it when I first started.		126
Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.		201
Well, we all start thinking we're going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.	Romantic	202

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