Donald Hall : (4) " 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’d heard of writers who say they hate to write. Not me. I love to do it. " - Donald Hall " On September twentieth every year, I got to choose my menu – meatloaf, corn niblets, and rice were followed by candles on chocolate cake with vanilla icing and a scoop of Brock-Hall ice cream. " - Donald Hall " As I look at the barn in my ninth decade, I see the no-smoking sign, rusted and tilting on the unpainted gray clapboard. My grandfather, born in 1875, milked his cattle there a century ago. " - Donald Hall