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There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.
What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses.
| Carl D. Anderson, Scientist (1905) |
| Michael D. Barnes, Politician (1943) |
| Kitty Carlisle, Musician (1910) |
| William Eardley IV, Public Servant (1964) |
| Loren Eiseley, Scientist (1907) |
| Jennie Finch, Athlete (1980) |
| Eduardo Galeano, Journalist (1940) |
| Malcolm Gladwell, Author (1963) |
| Justin Halpern, Author (1980) |
| Al Jardine, Musician (1942) |
| Frank Capra, Director (1991) |
| Morton Feldman, Composer (1987) |
| Pauline Kael, Critic (2001) |
| Fanny Kaplan, Activist (1918) |


