“I've met so many people of my son's generation who think a sacrifice is when their satellite or Internet is out for a day and that the country owes them something. That old J.F.K. quote about 'what you can do for your country,' doesn't even seem to apply to so many people.”
“Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.”
| Josephine Baker, Dancer (1906) |
| Chuck Barris, Producer (1929) |
| Roscoe Bartlett, Politician (1926) |
| Jefferson Davis, Leader (1808) |
| Allen Ginsberg, Poet (1926) |
| Hale Irwin, Athlete (1945) |
| Kelly Jones, Musician (1974) |
| Kerry King, Musician (1964) |
| Bert Lance, Politician (1931) |
| William Harvey, Scientist (1657) |
| Pope John XXIII, Clergyman (1963) |
| Franz Kafka, Novelist (1924) |
| Raj Kapoor, Actor (1988) |
| Ayatollah Khomeini, Statesman (1989) |