“I mean, sometimes... a comedian becomes an actor, and they just don't deliver, because the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and the bottom line of acting is to be truthful, and they get that mixed up sometimes, or don't even notice that that's the thing.”
“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”
| Hiam Abbass, Actress (1960) |
| Clay Aiken, Musician (1978) |
| Jacques Barzun, Educator (1907) |
| Nelsan Ellis, Actor (1977) |
| Bill Halter, Politician (1960) |
| Billy Idol, Musician (1955) |
| Bo Jackson, Athlete (1962) |
| Laurent Jalabert, Athlete (1968) |
| Tayari Jones, Author (1970) |
| Mark Twain, Author (1835) |
| Kathy Acker, Activist (1997) |
| Charles Adams, Activist (1800) |
| Guy Debord, Writer (1994) |
| Mary Harris Jones, Activist (1930) |
| Mother Jones, Activist (1930) |
| Patrick Kavanagh, Poet (1967) |
| Elizabeth Kenny, Celebrity (1952) |