When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.
They did it to try and belittle me, to try and to take away my pride. But I went through the whole system with them. And at the end, I - I wanted the public to know that I was okay, even though I was hurting.
James Agee, Novelist (1909) |
L. Sprague De Camp, Author (1907) |
Gavyn Davies, Businessman (1950) |
Nick Ferguson, Athlete (1974) |
Robin Givens, Actress (1964) |
Marilyn Hacker, Poet (1942) |
Caroline Kennedy, Celebrity (1957) |
Callie Khouri, Writer (1957) |
Brooke Langton, Actress (1970) |
Bruce Lee, Actor (1940) |
Edward Bach, Scientist (1936) |
Jerome Cavanagh, Politician (1979) |
Irvin Kershner, Director (2010) |