“I stepped out on faith to follow my lifelong dream of being an author. I made real sacrifices and took big risks. But living, it seems to me, is largely about risk.”
“I was an optimist, a great champion of the human spirit. And I lost that for a time. I feel like I've regained a bit of that in the last few years but there was a period of my life in which I had a very low opinion of people in general.”
| Alfonso X, Royalty (1221) |
| Vincent Cassel, Actor (1966) |
| Paul Celan, Poet (1920) |
| Joe Eszterhas, Writer (1944) |
| Oded Fehr, Actor (1970) |
| Steve Harvey, Actor (1956) |
| Boris Karloff, Actor (1887) |
| Mary Landrieu, Politician (1955) |
| Roy Acuff, Musician (1992) |
| Elbridge Gerry, Politician (1814) |
| Hanns Johst, Playwright (1978) |