Divorce was miserable, as it always is, and we divorce for the same reasons we marry. Donald Hall Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I live in the house my great-grandfather moved to in 1865… I spent all my summers here as a kid haying with my grandfather, and it was my favorite place in the world. Donald Hall Read Quote
There are books all around me… I don’t read as much as I used to, but I always have a book or two going. Donald Hall Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Poetry offers works of art that are beautiful, like paintings, which are my second favorite work of the art, but there are also works of art that embody emotion and that are kind of school for feeling. They teach how to feel, and they do this by the means of their beauty of language. Donald Hall Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I was at Harvard with a whole bunch of poets, and that was very rare. They published a lot of books because there was an excitement after the war that translated into poetry. Donald Hall Read Quote
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 Read Quote
