“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
“I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.”
| Eddie Albert, Actor (1908) |
| Kingsley Amis, Novelist (1922) |
| Philip James Bailey, Poet (1816) |
| Robert Barany, Scientist (1876) |
| Glen Campbell, Musician (1936) |
| Paul Davies, Writer (1946) |
| Larry Elder, Journalist (1952) |
| Janet Evanovich, Writer (1943) |
| Henry Fielding, Novelist (1707) |
| Henri La Fontaine, Lawyer (1854) |
| Ansel Adams, Photographer (1984) |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Politician (1908) |
| Stephen Lawrence, Celebrity (1993) |