“What a year to live in! Worth all other times ever known in our history or any other.”
“I outline in some detail, but even after the outline is done I often get a new idea that is an improvement, so the outline is a living, breathing thing as well. I also re-outline when I'm two-thirds done, to be sure that there is an emotional payoff from all the plot lines and to be sure the story i”
| Edmondo De Amicis, Novelist (1846) |
| Patti Davis, Celebrity (1952) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1820) |
| Will Estes, Actor (1978) |
| Carrie Fisher, Actress (1956) |
| Whitey Ford, Athlete (1928) |
| Martin Gardner, Mathematician (1914) |
| Dizzy Gillespie, Musician (1917) |
| Paul Ince, Athlete (1967) |
| Kim Kardashian, Celebrity (1980) |
| Isabelle Eberhardt, Explorer (1904) |
| Samuel Foote, Dramatist (1777) |
| Jim Garrison, Public Servant (1992) |
| Jack Kerouac, Novelist (1969) |