Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Roger Ebert's Health

Sad news. Roger Ebert's cancer has returned. He wrote about it poignantly in the Sun Times. This time the recovery is making him take a leave of absence (he calls it a "leave of presense"), but he will continue writing when he can...

At this point in my life, in addition to writing about movies, I may write about what it's like to cope with health challenges and the limitations they can force upon you. It really stinks that the cancer has returned and that I have spent too many days in the hospital. So on bad days I may write about the vulnerability that accompanies illness. On good days, I may wax ecstatic about a movie so good it transports me beyond illness.

I hope he never stops writing. He's one of the best writers I've ever read.