Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.
I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.
| Roland Allen, Clergyman (1868) |
| Ashleigh Banfield, Journalist (1967) |
| Pablo Casals, Musician (1876) |
| Ted Danson, Actor (1947) |
| Jennifer Ehle, Actress (1969) |
| Samuel G. Engel, Writer (1904) |
| Marianne Faithfull, Musician (1946) |
| William Gaddis, Novelist (1922) |
| William E. Gladstone, Leader (1809) |
| Josefa Iloilo, Statesman (1920) |
| Cleveland Abbe, Scientist (1916) |
| Jacques-Louis David, Artist (1825) |

