On this day in movie history - Million Dollar Baby (2004):

Million Dollar Baby

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Paul Haggis,

based on the book Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole,

was released in the United States on December 15, 2004.
Narrated by Morgan Freeman.
Music by Clint Eastwood.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, Brían F. O'Byrne, Anthony Mackie, Margo Martindale, Riki Lindhome, Michael Peña, Benito Martinez, Bruce MacVittie, David Powledge, Joe D'Angerio, Marcus Chait, Tom McCleister, Erica Grant, Naveen, Morgan Eastwood, Jamison Yang, Dean Familton, Louis Moret, Jon D. Schorle II, Marty Sammon, Steven M. Porter, Ray Corona, Ming Lo, Miguel Pérez, Jim Cantafio, Ted Grossman, Ned Eisenberg, Marco Rodríguez, Roy Nugent, Don Familton, Mark Thomason, Brian T. Finney, Spice Williams-Crosby, Kim Strauss, Rob Maron, Kirsten Berman, Susan Krebs, Sunshine Chantal Parkman, Kim Dannenberg, Eddie Bates, Minerva Adams, Jimmy Alioto, Nina Avetisova, Michael Bentt, Tamara Bossett, Bruce Gerard Brown Jr., John Eric Brown, Jude Ciccolella, Marc De'Antone, Daniele Doobenen, Kimberly Estrada, Christopher Gilbertson, Rosine 'Ace' Hatem, Adolfo Jimenez, Guillermo Jorge, Michael Keyes, Mimi Lesseos, Sean LoGrasso, Paul McMichael, Robert McMurrer, Arnold Montey, Sean O'Kane, Ricky Pak, Mar Party, Cynthia Prouder, Vladimir Rajcic, Bridgett Riley, Ernie Rivera, Grant Roberts, Michael Saglimbeni, Bobby Silva, Nikky Smedley, Rick Solis, Mikee Stafford, McKay Stewart, Jaerin Washington, Jason Williams, Boni Yanagisawa.

On this day in movie history - Heat (1995):

Heat

directed and written by Michael Mann,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1995.
Previously filmed by Michael Mann as the TV movie L.A. Takedown (1986).
Music by Elliot Goldenthal.

Cast:

Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Dennis Haysbert, William Fichtner, Natalie Portman, Tom Noonan, Kevin Gage, Hank Azaria, Susan Traylor, Kim Staunton, Danny Trejo, Henry Rollins, Jerry Trimble, Tone Loc, Ricky Harris, Ray Buktenica, Jeremy Piven, Xander Berkeley, Martin Ferrero, Hazelle Goodman, Paul Herman, Cindy Katz, Dan Martin, Rick Avery, Bill McIntosh, Thomas Rosales Jr., Patricia Healy, Yvonne Zima, Farrah Forke.

On this day in movie history - Young Frankenstein (1974):

Young Frankenstein

directed by Mel Brooks,

written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks,

inspired by the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1974.
Music by John Morris.

“Puttin’ on the Riiiiitz!”

– Peter Boyle, as The Monster.

Cast:

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Richard A. Roth, Monte Landis, Rusty Blitz, Anne Beesley, Gene Hackman, John Madison, John Dennis, Rick Norman, Rolfe Sedan, Terence Pushman, Randolph Dobbs, Norbert Schiller, Pat O'Hara, Michael Fox, Lidia Kristen, Ian Abercrombie, Leon Askin, Benjie Bancroft, Mel Brooks, Ken Clayton, Jack Clinton, Robert Cole, Lou Cutell, Alphonso DuBois, Peter Eastman, Sig Frohlich, Michael J. Grayson, Peter Halton, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, George Holmes, Kathryn Janssen, Michael Jeffers, Dale Johnson, Berry Kroeger, Ethelreda Leopold, Bob Liddle, John Marlin, Jeff Maxwell, John Hugh McKnight, Ernesto Molinari, Monty O'Grady, Tony Regan, Leoda Richards, Clark Ross, Paul Russell, Maida Severn, Norman Stevans, Don Terwilliger, Arthur Tovey, Clement von Franckenstein, Max Wagner.

On this day in movie history - Gone with the Wind (1939):

Gone with the Wind

directed by Victor Fleming, George Cukor and Sam Wood,

written by Sidney Howard, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling and John Van Druten,

based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell,

was released in the United States on December 15, 1939.
Music by Max Steiner.

Gone with the Wind was the first movie screened on Turner Classic Movies (TCM)

when the channel was launched on April 14, 1994.

Cast:

Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Oscar Polk, Butterfly McQueen, Ward Bond, Victor Jory, Everett Brown, Howard Hickman, Alicia Rhett, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye, Laura Hope Crews, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Harry Davenport, Leona Roberts, Jane Darwell, Ona Munson, Paul Hurst, Isabel Jewell, Cammie King Conlon, Eric Linden, J.M. Kerrigan, Jackie Moran, Cliff Edwards, Lillian Kemble-Cooper, Yakima Canutt, Marcella Martin, Louis Jean Heydt, Mickey Kuhn, Olin Howland, Irving Bacon, Robert Elliott, William Bakewell, Mary Anderson, John Albright, Eric Alden, John Arledge, Roscoe Ates, Trevor Bardette, Dorothy Barrett, Janet Barrett, Lennie Bluett, John Breen, Ralph Brooks, Morgan Brown, Daisy Bufford, Ann Bupp, James Bush, Ruth Byers, Gary Carlson, Horace B. Carpenter, Louise Carter, Shirley Chambers, Eddy Chandler, Silver Chief, Wallis Clark, Richard Clucas, Frank Coghlan Jr., Billy Cook, Jim Corey, Gino Corrado, Martina Cortina, Luke Cosgrave, Kernan Cripps, Patrick Curtis, Russell Custer, Yola d'Avril, Ned Davenport, Marvin Davis, Dolores Dean, Dawn Dodd, Lester Dorr, Phyllis Douglas, Joan Drake, F. Driver, Edythe Elliott, Susan Falligant, Richard Farnsworth, Frank Faylen, Geraldine Fissette, Charline Flanders, Bess Flowers, Greg Giese, Kelly Griffin, George Hackathorne, Chuck Hamilton, Evelyn Harding, Lucille Harding, Inez Hatchett, Jean Heker, Ricky Holt, Shep Houghton, George Huggins, Peaches Jackson, Claire James, Jerry James, Si Jenks, Harvey Karels, Tommy Kelly, Emmett King, W. Kirby, Al Kunde, Paula Lane, Carl M. Leviness, Timothy J. Lonergan, John Long, Robert Locke Lorraine, Barbara Lynn, Margaret Mann, Caren Marsh, William McClain, Leona McDowell, Dock McGill, Peggy McIntyre, George Meeker, Charles Middleton, Lola Milliorn, Hans Moebus, Alberto Morin, Adrian Morris, Lee Murray, H. Nellman, David Newell, Jeanette Noeson, Artie Ortego, Dorothy Ann Pailliot, Naomi Pharr, Lee Phelps, Spencer Quinn, Jolane Reynolds, Marjorie Reynolds, Suzanne Ridgway, Louisa Robert, Azarene Rogers, Scott Seaton, Tom Seidel, Terry Shero, William Stack, William Stelling, Harry Strang, Dirk Wayne Summers, Stephanie Toler, Emerson Treacy, Phillip Trent, Julia Ann Tuck, Tom Tyler, Dale Van Sickel, E. Alyn Warren, Blue Washington, Rita Waterhouse, John Joseph Waterman Jr., Dan White, Sarah Whitley, Ernest Whitman, Guy Wilkerson, Zack Williams, Phyllis Woodward, John Wray.

Born on this day – Barbara Valentin:

Barbara Valentin

Actress

December 15, 1940 – February 22, 2002

Born on this day – Yvonne Monlaur:

Yvonne Monlaur

Actress

December 15, 1939 – April 18, 2017

Born on this day – Edna O'Brien:

Edna O'Brien

Writer

December 15, 1930 – July 27, 2024

Credits:

Books:

A Christmas Treat (1982); A Fanatic Heart (1984); A Pagan Place (1970); A Scandalous Woman (1972); An Edna O'Brien Reader (1994); August Is a Wicked Month (1965); Byron In Love (2009); Casualties of Peace (1966); Collector's Choice (1978); Country Girl (2012); Down by the River (1996); Far from the Land (1989); Girl (2019); Girls in Their Married Bliss (1963); Haunted (2010); House of Splendid Isolation (1994); In the Forest (2002); Irish Revel (1998); James and Nora (1981); James Joyce (1999); Johnny I Hardly Knew You / aka I Hardly Knew You (1977); Joyce's Women (2022); Lantern Slides (1990); Mother Ireland (1976); Mrs. Reinhardt (1996); Mrs. Reinhardt and Other Stories / aka A Rose in the Heart (1978); Night (1972); On the Bone (1989); Paradise (2019); Poolside (2007); Returning (1982); Saints and Sinners (2011); Shovel Kings (2009); Some Irish Loving (1979); Tales for the Telling (1986); The Country Girls (1960); The Dazzle (1981); The High Road (1988); The Light of Evening (2006); The Little Red Chairs (2015); The Lonely Girl (1962); The Love Object (1968); The Love Object: A Story (2020); The Rescue (1983); Time and Tide (1992); Triptych (2005); Triptych and Iphigenia (2005); Vanishing Ireland (1990); Virginia (1985); Wild Decembers (1999); Zee and Co. (1971).

Movies and television:

28' (2013); À mi-mots (2003); Aquarius (1972–1976); Armchair Theatre (1965); BBC2 Playhouse (1981); Festival (1965); Girl with Green Eyes (1964); Half Hour Story (1967–1968); Harty (1986); Hemingway (2021); Hyggekrogen (1969); Imagine (2014–2019); In Bed with Ulysses (2012); ITV Television Playhouse (1963); James Joyce: A Shout in the Street (2017); Kulturplatz (2020); Les Carnets de route de François Busnel (2014); Love / Segment: Julia (1982); Love Story (1964–1965); Omnibus (2002); Pebble Mill at One (1982); Personal Choice (1970); Question Time (1979 / 2019); Read All About It (1974–1976); Review (1970); Sie hätten im Sommer kommen sollen (1972); Sunday AM (2012); That's All Right (1989); The Book Show (2009–2013); The Country Girls (1983); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1967); The Hard Way (1980); The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986); The Russell Harty Show (1981); The South Bank Show (1978); Then and Now (1973); Three Into Two Won't Go (1969); Thursday Play Date (1975); Time Lost and Time Remembered (1966); Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (2020); Tonite Let's All Make Love in London / Segment: Dollygirls (1967); When I Get to Heaven (1988); Wild Decembers (2009); Wogan (1985–1990); X, Y & Zee (1972).

Born on this day – Jeff Chandler:

Jeff Chandler

Actor

Producer

Singer

December 15, 1918 – June 17, 1961

Credits:

Merrill's Marauders (1962); Return to Peyton Place (1961); A Story of David: The Hunted (1960); The Plunderers (1960); The Jayhawkers! (1959); Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); Thunder in the Sun (1959); A Stranger in My Arms (1959); Raw Wind in Eden (1958); The Lady Takes a Flyer (1958); Man in the Shadow (1957); Jeanne Eagels (1957); The Tattered Dress (1957); Drango (1957); Pillars of the Sky (1956); Away All Boats (1956); The Toy Tiger (1956); The Spoilers (1955); The Nat 'King' Cole Musical Story (1955); Female on the Beach (1955); Foxfire (1955); Sign of the Pagan (1954); Yankee Pasha (1954); Taza, Son of Cochise (1954); War Arrow (1953); East of Sumatra (1953); The Great Sioux Uprising (1953); Girls in the Night (1953); Because of You (1952); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); Son of Ali Baba (1952); Red Ball Express (1952); The Battle at Apache Pass (1952); Meet Danny Wilson (1952); Flame of Araby (1951); Iron Man (1951); Smuggler's Island (1951); Double Crossbones (1951); Bird of Paradise (1951); Two Flags West (1950); The Desert Hawk (1950); Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Deported (1950); Abandoned (1949); Sword in the Desert (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Roses Are Red (1947); The Invisible Wall (1947); Johnny O'Clock (1947); Thrill of a Romance (1945).

Born on this day – Gordon Douglas:

Gordon Douglas

Director

Actor

Writer

December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993

Born on this day – Joseph “Joe” MacDonald:

Joseph “Joe” MacDonald

Cinematographer

Actor

December 15, 1906 – May 26, 1968

Credits:

40 Pounds of Trouble (1962); 6-18-67 (1967); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Hatful of Rain (1957); Adorable (1933); All Men Are Enemies (1934); Alvarez Kelly (1966); Arizona (1940); As Young as You Feel (1951); Behind Green Lights (1946); Bigger Than Life (1956); Blindfold (1966); Broken Lance (1954); Call Northside 777 (1948); Captain Eddie (1945); Charlie Chan in Rio (1941); Dante's Inferno (1935); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); Five Fingers (1959–1960); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Fourteen Hours (1951); Hat Check Girl (1932); Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939); Hell and High Water (1954); Hilda Crane (1956); House of Bamboo (1955); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); In the Meantime, Darling (1944); Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964); It Happens Every Spring (1949); Kings of the Sun (1963); Little Tokyo, U.S.A. (1942); Mackenna's Gold (1969); Mirage (1965); Moss Rose (1947); My Darling Clementine (1946); Niagara (1953); O. Henry's Full House (1952); On the Threshold of Space (1956); Panic in the Streets (1950); Pepe (1960); Pickup on South Street (1953); Pinky (1949); Professional Soldier (1935); Quiet Please: Murder (1942); Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932); Rio Conchos (1964); Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944); Romance of the Rio Grande (1940); Rosa de Francia (1935); Sailor's Luck (1933); Second Hand Wife (1933); She Was a Lady (1934); Shock (1946); Sob Sister (1931); Stella (1950); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Taras Bulba (1962); Te quiero con locura (1935); Teenage Rebel (1956); Ten North Frederick (1958); That Other Woman (1942); The Big Noise (1944); The Big Stampede (1932); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Dark Corner (1946); The Devil's in Love (1933); The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958); The Gallant Hours (1960); The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961); The List of Adrian Messenger (1963); The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942); The New Venezuela (1954); The Postman Didn't Ring (1942); The Racers (1955); The Reward (1965); The Sand Pebbles (1966); The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952); The Street with No Name (1948); The True Story of Jesse James (1957); The View from Pompey's Head (1955); The Young Lions (1958); Thin Ice (1937); Titanic (1953); Too Busy to Work (1932); Viva Zapata! (1952); Walk on the Wild Side (1962); Warlock (1959); Western Union (1941); What Price Glory (1952); Where Love Has Gone (1964); White Witch Doctor (1953); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wintertime (1943); Woman's World (1954); Yellow Sky (1948); You're in the Navy Now (1951).

Born on this day – Gail Bonney:

Gail Bonney

Actress

December 15, 1901 – December 7, 1984

Credits:

Delta House (1979); Project U.F.O. (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Quincy M.E. (1977); Kingston: Confidential (1976); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976); Death Scream (1975); Lincoln (1975); Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1975); Lucas Tanner (1974); Planet of the Apes (1974); Barnaby Jones (1974); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Doc Elliot (1974); Emergency! (1973); My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973); Gunsmoke (1962–1973); he Devil's Daughter (1973); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972); Night Gallery (1971); The Smith Family (1971); The Late Liz (1971); Ironside (1967–1971); The Young Lawyers (1971); The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970); That Girl (1970); Pieces of Dreams (1970); R.P.M. (1970); The Name of the Game (1968–1970); My Three Sons (1965–1970); Blondie (1969); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969); Mannix (1968); Something for a Lonely Man (1968); Mod Squad (1968); Here's Lucy (1968); Rosemary's Baby (1968); It Takes a Thief (1968); The Virginian (1964–1968); I Spy (1968); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1968); The Beverly Hillbillies (1967); The Big Valley (1967); Star Trek (1967); Tammy and the Millionaire (1967); The Road West (1966); Petticoat Junction (1965–1966); Pistols 'n' Petticoats (1966);  Fine Madness (1966); Run for Your Life (1966); My Brother the Angel (1965); Convoy (1965); Green Acres (1965); Tammy (1965); Cat Ballou (1965); The Addams Family (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965); The Lucy Show (1965); Wagon Train (1959–1965); Burke's Law (1964); Bonanza (1960–1964); The Jack Benny Program (1957–1964); Arrest and Trial (1963); Mary, Mary (1963); Glynis (1963); Going My Way (1963); The Dakotas (1963); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Ben Casey (1962); Gypsy (1962); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958–1962); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1959–1962); General Electric Theater (1956–1962); Rome Adventure (1962); Lawman (1961–1962); Rawhide (1962); Checkmate (1962); Maverick (1960–1961); 87th Precinct (1961); Leave It to Beaver (1961); The Untouchables (1961); Pete and Gladys (1961); Whispering Smith (1961); Angel (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1961); Bronco (1961); Lock Up (1961); Dante (1960); Bachelor Father (1960); Markham (1959–1960); Tate (1960); Inherit the Wind (1960); Bells Are Ringing (1960); Perry Mason (1957–1960); One Step Beyond (1960); Johnny Midnight (1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959–1960); Death Valley Days (1954–1960); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960); Laramie (1960); Riverboat (1959); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959); M Squad (1959); The Deputy (1959); The Tingler (1959); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); Home Before Dark (1958); Bell Book and Candle (1958); The Last Hurrah (1958); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); 77 Sunset Strip (1958); Flying Saucer Daffy (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); Highway Patrol (1958); The Restless Gun (1958); Sky King (1958); Going Steady (1958); The World Was His Jury (1958); The Female Animal (1958); Studio 57 (1957); Pal Joey (1957); The Mickey Mouse Club (1957); The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (1957); The Careless Years (1957); The Loretta Young Show (1953–1957); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Dragnet (1957); Crime of Passion (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955); The Opposite Sex (1956); Written on the Wind (1956); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); Bigger Than Life (1956); Red Sundown (1956); December Bride (1955–1956); The Killer Is Loose (1956); The People's Choice (1956); Come Next Spring (1956); Climax! (1955); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953–1955); The Millionaire (1955); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Not as a Stranger (1955); Ain't Misbehavin' (1955); The Mickey Rooney Show (1955); The Glass Slipper (1955); It's a Great Life (1955); I Led 3 Lives (1954); Space Patrol (1954); Deep in My Heart (1954); The Donald O'Connor Show (1954); Magnificent Obsession (1954); The Red Skelton Hour (1954); Tooting Tooters (1954); Dream Wife (1953); So You Want a Television Set (1953); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); The Ford Television Theatre (1953); The Lady Wants Mink (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Biff Baker, U.S.A. (1953); The Cisco Kid (1953); The Member of the Wedding (1952); Million Dollar Mermaid (1952); Because of You (1952); Bonzo Goes to College (1952); Assignment: Paris (1952); Carrie (1952); Gobs and Gals (1952); My Son John (1952); Singin' in the Rain (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Sniper (1952); Flesh and Fury (1952); Love Is Better Than Ever (1952); I Love Lucy (1952); Boston Blackie (1951); Death of a Salesman (1951); Here Comes the Groom (1951); Orangey in Rhubarb (1951); People Will Talk (1951); The Stu Erwin Show (1951); The Company She Keeps (1951); The Killer That Stalked New York (1950); Sunset in the West (1950); The Fuller Brush Girl (1950); 11 Ocean Drive (1950); Love That Brute (1950); Caged (1950); A Woman of Distinction (1950); The Secret Fury (1950); Whirlpool (1950); Side Street (1949); Beyond the Forest (1949); Prison Warden (1949); Alias the Champ (1949); The Reckless Moment (1949); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949); The Red Menace (1949); The Fountainhead (1949); Baltimore (1949); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Slippy McGee (1948).

Recommended reading - Gone with the Wind (1936):

Gone with the Wind

By Margaret Mitchell.

First published 1936.
Published by Scribner
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 1451635621
ISBN-13: 978-1451635621

Description:

Since its original publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind – winner of the Pulitzer Prize and one of the bestselling novels of all time – has been heralded by readers everywhere as The Great American Novel.

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.

This is the tale of Scarlett O’Hara, the spoiled, manipulative daughter of a wealthy plantation owner, who arrives at young womanhood just in time to see the Civil War forever change her way of life. A sweeping story of tangled passion and courage, in the pages of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell brings to life the unforgettable characters that have captivated readers for decades.

Widely considered an American classic, and often remembered for its epic film version, Gone With the Wind explores the depth of human passions with an intensity as bold as its setting in the red hills of Georgia. A superb piece of storytelling, it vividly depicts the drama of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

“Beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable first novels produced by an American writer. It is also one of the best.” – The New York Times.

“The best novel to have ever come out of the South...it is unsurpassed in the whole of American writing.” – The Washington Post.

“Fascinating and unforgettable! A remarkable book, a spectacular book, a book that will not be forgotten!” – Chicago Tribune.

Introvert insight:

The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting.

For some, it’s a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk.

Use your natural powers – of persistence, concentration, and insight – to do work you love and work that matters.

Solve problems.

Make art.

Think deeply.

– Susan Cain.
 
I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

– Marcus Tullius Cicero.
 
Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts.

We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center.

So we lost our center and have to find it again.

– Anaïs Nin.

 
He’s a wallflower.

You see things.

You keep quiet about them.

And you understand.

– Stephen Chbosky.

Ayelet Waldman, on writers and inspiration:

Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd,

watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair,

that sliver of malice,

that makes them think,

'Aha, here is the story.'

- Ayelet Waldman.