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.

Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.

Friends die, friends become demented, friends quarrel, friends drift with old age into silence.

Donald Hall

In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia.

In December of 1952, my first wife, Kirby, and I left Vienna to drive through the Russian sector of Austria into Yugoslavia.

Donald Hall

Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working.

Contentment is work so engrossing that you do not know that you are working.

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

I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral.

I expect my immortality will last about six seconds after my funeral.

Donald Hall

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.

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

One Oxford poet confessed to me that I had been scary because I talked American and wore tennis shoes.

One Oxford poet confessed to me that I had been scary because I talked American and wore tennis shoes.

Donald Hall

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

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

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

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