There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.
For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo.
| Bhumibol Adulyadej, Statesman (1927) |
| Rodney Alexander, Politician (1946) |
| Gary Allan, Musician (1967) |
| Joseph Barbara, Actor (1967) |
| William Barclay, Theologian (1907) |
| Jimmy Cannon, Journalist (1973) |
| Jose Carreras, Musician (1946) |
| Milton H. Erickson, Psychologist (1901) |
| Shalom Harlow, Model (1973) |
| Nunnally Johnson, Director (1897) |
| Robert Aldrich, Director (1983) |
| Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer (1963) |
| Shoeless Joe Jackson, Athlete (1951) |

