This profile of Roger Ebert by Chris Jones may depress the heck outta you. It's agonizing how Mr. Ebert must now live due to surgeries that have taken away his ability to eat, drink or speak. Then again, you may find it inspirational that a man has managed to endure all that and to still continue to do what he does so well, which is to write.
The article makes mention of a piece Ebert wrote in tribute to his late partner, Gene Siskel. If you've never read it, you might want to. Here's that link.