A sequence works in a way a collection never can.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.
George Murray

I don't think there's anything wrong with someone having to read a poem twice. Or even a book.
George Murray

I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction.
George Murray


I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.
George Murray

I suppress the vast majority of what I write.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

I think, for me, humour needs to be used like a strong spice - sparingly.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

I was writing notes, but not composing poems. The Hunter began to develop out of this fragmented process.
George Murray

I'm not interested in being easy anymore. Readable, yes. Easy, no.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

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.
George Murray

In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada.
George Murray