I always think first about the nature of the story. When I had the idea for 'The Namesake,' I felt that it had to be a novel - it couldn't work as a story.
We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.
| Arthur Capper, Politician (1865) |
| Gerald Finzi, Composer (1901) |
| Gerald R. Ford, President (1913) |
| Laurieann Gibson, Director (1969) |
| Natalia Ginzburg, (1916) |
| Claudia Kennedy, Soldier (1947) |
| Patrick J. Kennedy, Politician (1967) |
| Arthur Laurents, Playwright (1918) |
| Jerome Lawrence, Playwright (1915) |
| Edward Fitzgerald, Poet (1883) |
| Lawrence Hargrave, Scientist (1915) |

