Douglas Dunn Quotes

"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."
- Douglas Dunn
(Related: Negative, Confidence, Expression, Insecurity, Nationalism)

"A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances."
- Douglas Dunn

"A poet's cultural baggage and erudition can interfere with a poem."
- Douglas Dunn

"I've always thought my poems told stories."
- Douglas Dunn
(Related: Thought, Poems)

"Reading a poem aloud to an audience is gestural as much as precise."
- Douglas Dunn
(Related: Reading)