“I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.”
“It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.”
| Marc Almond, Musician (1957) |
| Barbara Cartland, Novelist (1901) |
| Henry Hallam, Historian (1777) |
| Tom Hanks, Actor (1956) |
| King Hassan II, Royalty (1929) |
| June Jordan, Writer (1936) |
| Washington Allston, Artist (1843) |
| Georges Bataille, Writer (1962) |
| Benjamin Cardozo, Judge (1938) |
| Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1977) |
| James L. Farmer, Jr., Activist (1999) |