All Roger McGough Quotes
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.
Roger McGough
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We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it.
Roger McGough
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You will put on a dress of guilt and shoes with broken high ideals.
Roger McGough
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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.
Roger McGough
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I'm terrified of switching the computer on because there are so many poems.
Roger McGough
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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.
Roger McGough
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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.
Roger McGough
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