“Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.”
“I'm tired of people questioning me because of my age. If you looked at my numbers and watched me throw and covered my birthdate, would age be an issue?”
| Jane Addams, Activist (1860) |
| Bruno Bauer, Theologian (1809) |
| Henry Seidel Canby, Critic (1878) |
| John Dalton, Scientist (1766) |
| Robyn Davidson, Writer (1950) |
| Carly Fiorina, Businesswoman (1954) |
| Naveen Jain, Businessman (1959) |
| William R. Keating, Politician (1952) |
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Diplomat (1888) |
| Marquis De Lafayette, Revolutionary (1757) |
| Philip James Bailey, Poet (1902) |
| Hanns Eisler, Composer (1962) |
| Edmund Gibson, Judge (1748) |
| Herbert Kaufman, Writer (1947) |
| Madeleine L'Engle, Novelist (2007) |