I decided early on that I wanted to participate in the greater American experience, rather than the parochial one in Mississippi. But I have an urge as a writer to meld the Southern experience into the larger American one.
I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!
Robert Aldrich, Director (1918) |
Gillian Anderson, Actress (1968) |
Eric Bana, Actor (1968) |
Jessica Capshaw, Actress (1976) |
Sam Elliott, Actor (1944) |
Derek Fisher, Athlete (1974) |
Paul Gallagher, Athlete (1984) |
Tyson Gay, Athlete (1982) |
Brad Gilbert, Coach (1961) |
Tove Jansson, Novelist (1914) |
James Van Allen, Physicist (2006) |
Lord Patrick Devlin, Lawyer (1992) |
Jerry Garcia, Musician (1995) |
John Harsanyi, Educator (2000) |
George Kenney, Soldier (1977) |
Bernie Mac, Actor (2008) |