“I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you become a snob, your own worse critic. You edit yourself in a way that is non-creative.”
“I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.”
| Kathy Acker, Activist (1947) |
| Justin Amash, Politician (1980) |
| Andre Bazin, Critic (1918) |
| Reeve Carney, Actor (1983) |
| Clarence Darrow, Lawyer (1857) |
| Richard Harding Davis, Journalist (1864) |
| Susan Faludi, Writer (1959) |
| America Ferrera, Actress (1984) |
| Haile Gebrselassie, Athlete (1973) |
| Saad Hariri, Politician (1970) |
| Erasmus Darwin, Scientist (1802) |
| Albert Einstein, Physicist (1955) |
| John Ambrose Fleming, Inventor (1945) |