And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.
The most terrifying thing I can think of is being alone - and I mean utterly alone, like no one else in the world alone - at night. That's the nucleus of the first story in my collection and it's also where the title came from for the book.
Isaac Babel, Journalist (1894) |
Harrison Ford, Actor (1942) |
Ken Jeong, Actor (1969) |
Jack Kemp, Politician (1935) |
Tom Kenny, Actor (1962) |
Ruth Ellis, Criminal (1955) |
Bronislaw Geremek, Historian (2008) |
Frida Kahlo, Artist (1954) |
Yousuf Karsh, Photographer (2002) |