“I went to work in 1962, and by '64 I was writing all the time, every night and every weekend. It didn't occur to me that, having read nothing and knowing nothing, I was in no position to write a book.”
“Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.”
| Madeleine Albright, Statesman (1937) |
| Clive Barnes, Journalist (1927) |
| Alphonse Daudet, Novelist (1840) |
| Jim Jones, Criminal (1931) |
| John Kasich, Politician (1952) |
| Harvey Keitel, Actor (1939) |
| Sholom Aleichem, Writer (1916) |
| Chet Baker, Musician (1988) |
| Eddie Barclay, Musician (2005) |
| Laurie Lee, Poet (1997) |