“Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.”
“Well, maybe surf one time; I think it would be fun to catch a wave just once.”
| Kathy Acker, Activist (1947) |
| Justin Amash, Politician (1980) |
| Andre Bazin, Critic (1918) |
| Reeve Carney, Actor (1983) |
| Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1857) |
| Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1864) |
| Susan Faludi, Writer (1959) |
| America Ferrera, Actress (1984) |
| Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete (1973) |
| Saad Hariri, Politician (1970) |
| Erasmus Darwin, Scientist (1802) |
| Albert Einstein, Physicist (1955) |
| John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1945) |