George Murray Quotes

• I no longer feel pressure to produce fiction.

  George Murray

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  Tags in Self, Feeling, Fiction

• 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

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  Tags in Occasionally, Short Story

• 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

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  Tags in New York, Visual, Pollution

• New York was breaking my concentration and disintegrating my thoughts.

  George Murray

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  Tags in Self, Concentration, New York

• Well, we all start thinking we’re going to be Romantic rock stars, but then reality hits and you realize no one reads you but other poets.

  George Murray

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• Then I discovered I loved writing poetry more than fiction.

  George Murray

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  Tags in Poetry, Fiction

• The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.

  George Murray

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• With ‘Carousel’ I had an idea and it all came out quickly.

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George Murray (28)

Birth:	1971
Nationality:	Canadian
Profession:	Poet

About

George Murray is a Canadian poet. He was a contributing editor at Maisonneuve magazine, and a contributing editor at several literary magazines and journals. He has written several poetry books include: The Rush to Here, The Cottage Builder's Letter, Carousel, Glimpse: Selected Aphorisms, The Hunter, A Set of Deadly Negotiations, and Whiteout.

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