For several days after my first book was published, I carried it about in my pocket and took surreptitious peeps at it to make sure the ink had not faded.
The same characters that keep reappearing, bigger than life, find their own integrity in doing what they do the way they do it, even if it causes their own deaths.
Lauren Bacall, Actress (1924) |
Georges Bataille, Writer (1897) |
Elgin Baylor, Athlete (1934) |
Julian Castro, Politician (1974) |
Jo Ann Emerson, Politician (1950) |
Richard Engel, Journalist (1973) |
Peter Falk, Actor (1927) |
Henry Louis Gates, Critic (1950) |
Guy Hamilton, Director (1922) |
Ian Harding, Actor (1986) |
Maria Callas, Musician (1977) |
James Jeans, Physicist (1946) |