“A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.”
| Charles Baudelaire, Poet (1821) |
| Thomas Cavendish, Explorer (1908) |
| Jackie Evancho, Musician (2000) |
| Sam Ewing, Athlete (1949) |
| Elle Fanning, Actress (1998) |
| Marc Jacobs, Designer (1963) |
| Mark Kelly, Musician (1961) |
| Frank King, Cartoonist (1883) |
| Joshua Ledet, Musician (1992) |
| Tom Lehrer, Musician (1928) |
| Francis Bacon, Philosopher (1626) |
| Wilhelm Canaris, Soldier (1945) |
| Stephen J. Field, Judge (1899) |