Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence. Donald Hall agedementeddie Change image and share on social
In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia. Donald Hall austriadecemberdrive Change image and share on social
Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working. Donald Hall contentmentengrosswork Change image and share on social
Many times I have written something, and after it was published, I understood what I was saying. Donald Hall publishtimeunderstand Change image and share on social
I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral. Donald Hall expectfuneralimmortality Change image and share on social
A fellowship to Oxford acquainted me with the depths of English cooking. By the twenty-first century, London's best restaurants are as good as Paris's, but not in the 1950s. Donald Hall 1950sacquaintcentury Change image and share on social
One Oxford poet confessed to me that I had been scary because I talked American and wore tennis shoes. Donald Hall americanconfessoxford Change image and share on social
There's a great deal of stripping away; in early drafts, I may say the same thing two or three times, and each may be appropriate, but I try to pick the best and improve it. I work on sound a great deal, and I will change a word or two, revise punctuation and line breaks, looking for the sound I want. Donald Hall breakchangedeal share on social
My problem isn't death but old age. I fret about my lack of balance, my buckling knee, my difficulty standing up and sitting down. Donald Hall agebalancebuckle Change image and share on social
Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems. Donald Hall findhaveimportant Change image and share on social