Ray Bradbury was the first author that I was really exposed to back in grade school. I'm a big Philip K. Dick fan, but the emotion and humanity that Bradbury brings to his stories and the way he uses sci-fi to get at the human heart is something that's unique and for me incredibly influential.
People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses.
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Gloria Allred, Lawyer (1941) |
Andrea Barber, Actress (1976) |
Dave Barry, Journalist (1947) |
Elizabeth Edwards, Lawyer (1949) |
Tracey Emin, Artist (1963) |
Ernst Fischer, Writer (1899) |
M. F. K. Fisher, Writer (1908) |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1860) |
Kevin Hart, Actor (1980) |
Jim Backus, Actor (1989) |
James Daly, Actor (1978) |
Bert Hardy, Photographer (1995) |
Joel Chandler Harris, Journalist (1908) |