George Murray

“I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.”

“A sequence works in a way a collection never can.”

“New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.”

“Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.”

“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.”