“Being rewarded for anything other than the quality of their work is the fastest way to screw-up a writer-and it isn't only new ones who suffer from that.”
“Fruit often ends up rotting in the crisper drawer. Well, that's the wrong place to put it. Out of sight, out of mind. The kids all know where the junk-food shelf is. Make the fruit that easy to get to. Put a big huge bowl of fruit on the counter.”
| John Abercrombie, Musician (1944) |
| Donovan Bailey, Athlete (1967) |
| Edward E. Barnard, Scientist (1857) |
| Donald L. Carcieri, Politician (1942) |
| Elizabeth Carter, Poet (1717) |
| Morris Dees, Lawyer (1936) |
| Frank Deford, Writer (1938) |
| Susan Estrich, Journalist (1952) |
| Billy Gibbons, Musician (1949) |
| Jim Gibbons, Politician (1944) |
| Giovanni Agnelli, Designer (1945) |
| Paul Castellano, Criminal (1985) |
| Dan Fogelberg, Musician (2007) |
| William Gaddis, Novelist (1998) |
| John Gallagher, Businessman (1998) |