Best 14 quotes of Roger Mcgough on MyQuotes

Do people who wave at trains Wave at the driver, or at the train itself? Or, do people who wave at trains Wave at the passengers? Those hurtling strangers, The unidentifiable flying faces?

I could never begin a poem: 'When I am dead' In case it tempted Fate, and Fate gave way.

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

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

If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.

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

Let me die a youngman's death not a clean and in-between- the-sheets, holy-water death.

People can put their best poems straight onto the web.

The general at the radar screenRubbed his hands with glee,And grinning pressed the buttonAnd started world war three.

The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then

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

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

noone knows and noone sees we lovers doing what we please but people stop and point at these ten milk bottles a-turning into cheese

So it's off with the shellsuit and on with the Armanis, Bring out the champagne and the caviar sarnies