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“I'm not sure why writing for others became harder. Probably a reluctance to give away anything you might conceivably use yourself caused a block. I did it, but it remained hard when it had once been easy.”
“High school teachers who want to get reluctant readers turned around need to give the students some say in the reading list. Make it collaborative: The students will feel ownership, and everyone will dig in.”
| Ann Bancroft, Explorer (1955) |
| Colin Dexter, Novelist (1930) |
| Anita Ekberg, Actress (1931) |
| Erika Eleniak, Actress (1969) |
| Enrico Fermi, Physicist (1901) |
| Greer Garson, Actress (1908) |
| Elizabeth Gaskell, Novelist (1810) |
| Julia Gillard, Statesman (1961) |
| Gwen Ifill, Journalist (1955) |
| Mohammad Khatami, Philosopher (1943) |
| Charles Samuel Addams, Cartoonist (1988) |
| Rebecca Harding Davis, Author (1910) |
| Shusaku Endo, Author (1996) |
| Greg Giraldo, Comedian (2010) |
| Alphonse Karr, Critic (1890) |