Language leads a double life - and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult menus and shopping lists, you observe road signs, and so on. Then you enter your study, where language exists in quite another form - as the stuff of patterned ar
I'm proud of the way I've dealt with setbacks. It's hard when you feel down and you think, 'Why is the world doing this to me?' But you have to pick yourself up again. That's what makes you a better athlete.
| Felix Adler, Educator (1851) |
| Giovanni Agnelli, Designer (1866) |
| Kathleen Battle, Actress (1948) |
| Fidel Castro, Statesman (1926) |
| Fred Davis, Celebrity (1913) |
| Joycelyn Elders, Public Servant (1933) |
| Dan Fogelberg, Musician (1951) |
| Scott Hamilton, Athlete (1958) |
| Bert Lahr, Actor (1895) |
| Elias Canetti, Author (1994) |
| Jane Darwell, Actress (1967) |
| Eugene Delacroix, Artist (1863) |

