“I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.”
“Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in.”
| Siobhan Fahey, Musician (1957) |
| Colin Firth, Actor (1960) |
| Philip Gilbert Hamerton, Artist (1834) |
| Amy Irving, Actress (1953) |
| Georgia Douglas Johnson, Poet (1880) |
| Randy Johnson, Athlete (1963) |
| Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Politician (1949) |
| Karl Lagerfeld, Designer (1938) |
| Jack Ma, Businessman (1964) |
| John W. Dawson, Politician (1877) |
| Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, Educator (1976) |