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 stra…

- Roger Mcgough

by thus keeping one pace ahead of myself I need never catch up with the truth.

- Roger Mcgough

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 …

- Roger Mcgough

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 beca…

- Roger Mcgough

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

- Roger Mcgough

Everyday I think about dying About disease, starvation, violence, terrorism, war, the end of the world. It helps keep my mind off things.

- Roger Mcgough

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

- Roger Mcgough

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

- Roger Mcgough

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

- Roger Mcgough