“And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doin”
“Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.”
| Thomas Campbell, Poet (1777) |
| Vincent Canby, Critic (1924) |
| Donald Evans, Public Servant (1946) |
| Peggy Fleming, Athlete (1948) |
| Bobbie Gentry, Musician (1944) |
| Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic (1916) |
| Juliana Hatfield, Musician (1967) |
| Norman Lear, Producer (1922) |
| Carol Leifer, Comedian (1956) |
| Richard Aldington, Writer (1962) |
| John Dalton, Scientist (1844) |
| Osbert Lancaster, Cartoonist (1986) |