"I was very interested in American poetry for many years. Much less now." ― Norman MacCaig Topic(s): Health More From Norman MacCaig "And if they haven’t got poetry in them, there’s nothing you can do that will produce it." "All those authors there, most of whom of course I’ve never met. That’s the poetry side, that’s the prose side, that’s the fishing and miscellaneous behind me. You get an affection for books that you’ve enjoyed." "When I was asked to be Writer in Residence at Edinburgh I thought, you can’t teach poetry. This is ridiculous." More In Health "Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users."― Ralph Nader "Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America’s broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship."― Ron Wyden "Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom."― Kevyn Aucoin