“Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment, drunkenness, and good humor, to a state of chronic edginess and the perpetual scanning of bank statements.”
“If God existed, and if He cared for humankind, He would never have given us religion.”
| Andrew Carnegie, Businessman (1835) |
| Shelagh Delaney, Playwright (1939) |
| Bob Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
| Robert. L. Ehrlich, Politician (1957) |
| Martin Feldstein, Economist (1939) |
| Jerry Ferrara, Actor (1979) |
| Helen Gahagan, Actress (1900) |
| Joe Gibbs, Coach (1940) |
| Charlaine Harris, Author (1951) |
| Pope John XXIII, Clergyman (1881) |
| Roald Dahl, Novelist (1990) |
| Laurence Harvey, Actor (1973) |
| Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Author (1950) |
| Charles Kettering, Inventor (1958) |