Top 67 Quotes by Donald Hall

About Donald Hall

These are some quotes by American author Donald Hall Poet, who was born on September 20, 1928.

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.

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

Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.

Poetry is what I've done my whole life. And every important thing in my life had found itself into poems.

Donald Hall

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

Everything important always begins from something trivial.

Everything important always begins from something trivial.

Donald Hall

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

I felt the need to be more open and expressive of my feelings, not just about the hills and the countryside, but about the daily life.

Donald Hall

I would work until I got stuck, and I would put it down and pick up something else. I might be able to take a 20-minute nap and get to work again. That way, I was able to work about 10 hours a day... It was important to me to work every day. I managed to work on Christmas day, just to be able to say I worked 365 days a year.

Donald Hall

Many times I have written something, and after it was published, I understood what I was saying.

Many times I have written something, and after it was published, I understood what I was saying.

Donald Hall

When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.

When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.

Donald Hall

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.

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

I have written some poetry and two prose books about baseball, but if I had been a rich man, I probably would not have written many of the magazine essays that I have had to do. But, needing to write magazine essays to support myself, I looked to things that I cared about and wanted to write about, and certainly baseball was one of them.

Donald Hall

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