I work really hard at these books, and when colleagues write nasty reviews of them, I take it very personally.
No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
Lamar Alexander, Politician (1940) |
Gloria Allred, Lawyer (1941) |
Andrea Barber, Actress (1976) |
Dave Barry, Journalist (1947) |
Elizabeth Edwards, Lawyer (1949) |
Tracey Emin, Artist (1963) |
Ernst Fischer, Writer (1899) |
M. F. K. Fisher, Writer (1908) |
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Writer (1860) |
Kevin Hart, Actor (1980) |
Jim Backus, Actor (1989) |
James Daly, Actor (1978) |
Bert Hardy, Photographer (1995) |
Joel Chandler Harris, Journalist (1908) |