Although I was paid a salary in Ann Arbor, my wife and children and I drank powdered milk at six cents a quart instead of the stuff that came in bottles. I was a tightwad. Donald Hall annarborbottle Change image and share on social
I think my very best work came out when I was about 60, not when I was 20. I was publishing all the time when I was in my 20s, and some of those poems I still like. And there were a few after 60, and in my 70s, that I like. But they became fewer and fewer. Donald Hall 20s70sfew share on social
As I grew older - collapsing into my seventies, glimpsing ahead the cliffs of the eighties, colliding into eighty-five - poetry abandoned me. Donald Hall abandonaheadcliff Change image and share on social
When I lived summers at my grandparents' farm, haying with my grandfather from 1938 to 1945, my dear grandmother Kate cooked abominably. For noon dinners, we might eat three days of fricasseed chicken from a setting hen that had boiled twelve hours. Donald Hall abominablyboilchicken share on social
On September twentieth every year, I got to choose my menu - meatloaf, corn niblets, and rice were followed by candles on chocolate cake with vanilla icing and a scoop of Brock-Hall ice cream. Donald Hall brockcakecandle Change image and share on social
I've had someone, my assistant, type for me. I've done it that way for more than 50 years because I type with one finger, although quite rapidly. Donald Hall assistantfingerhave Change image and share on social
I'd heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it. Donald Hall hatehearlove Change image and share on social
In the fifties, no one wore beards. In Eisenhower's day, as in the time of the Founding Fathers, all chins were smooth, while during the Civil War, beards were as common as sepsis. Donald Hall beardchincivil Change image and share on social
Even famous poets such as Marianne Moore and William Carlos Williams were rarely asked to read their poems. Donald Hall askcarlofamous Change image and share on social
