"As long as I can do my work and continue to enjoy myself working on words … I feel fulfilled. My..."

““As long as I can do my work and continue to enjoy myself working on words … I feel fulfilled. My body causes me trouble when I cross the room, but when I am sitting down writing, I am in my heaven — my old heaven. I began writing when I was 12, I don’t think very well. But I’ve been doing it my whole life. It’s been the center of my life with loves and children, but writing is something I have that not everyone has that I adore.”

- On today’s Fresh Air, poet Donald Hall reflects on aging, writing and his life. (via nprfreshair)