I really feel better about aging at the age of 86 than I did at 70. Donald Hall ageagingfeel Change image and share on social
It used to be that phrases and lines would come into my head, often many of them in a period of five days or a week, and maybe I didn't know what I was talking about, but the words had a kind of heaviness or deliciousness to them. Donald Hall daydeliciousnesshead share on social
In my life, I've seen enormous increase in the consumption of poetry. When I was young, there were virtually no poetry readings. Donald Hall consumptionenormoushave Change image and share on social
When I was a child, I loved old people. My New Hampshire grandfather was my model human being. Donald Hall childgrandfatherhampshire Change image and share on social
Prose is not so dependent on sound. The line of poetry, with the breaking of the line - to me, sound is the kind of doorway into poetry. And my sense of sound, or my ability to control it, lapsed or grew less. Donald Hall abilitybreakcontrol share on social
I write longhand; I make changes longhand, and I have an assistant who types it up. She lives 70 yards away. Every afternoon, I have a case I leave out on the porch, and she brings it back the next morning. Donald Hall afternoonassistantback share on social
Obviously, death is ahead of me. I don't look forward to dying one little bit. But, you know, I simply don't worry about it because it's going to happen to me as it does to anybody. Donald Hall aheadbitedeath Change image and share on social
Divorce was miserable, as it always is, and we divorce for the same reasons we marry. Donald Hall divorcemarrymiserable Change image and share on social
When I was 12, I had a fondness for horror movies like the 'Wolfman.' The boy next door said I should read Poe. Donald Hall boydoorfondness Change image and share on social
New poems no longer come to me with their prodigies of metaphor and assonance. Prose endures. I feel the circles grow smaller, and old age is a ceremony of losses, which is, on the whole, preferable to dying at forty-seven or fifty-two. Donald Hall ageassonanceceremony share on social