Irving Stone, on reading:

It's not macho to read?

Nonsense.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-itness.

It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile.

- Irving Stone.

Born on this day – Irving Stone:

Irving Stone

Writer

July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Adversary in the House (1947); Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949); Dear Theo (1958); Depths of Glory (1985); Drawings of Michaelangelo (1960); Earl Warren (1948); From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999); Immortal Wife (1950); Love Is Eternal (1955); Lust for Life (1934); Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement? (1973); Men to Match My Mountains (1956); Sailor on Horseback (1938); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961); The Greek Treasure (1975); The Irving Stone Reader (1971); The Origin (1980); The Passionate Journey (1950); The Passions of the Mind (1971); The President's Lady (1952); There Was Light (1970); They Also Ran (1966); Those Who Love (1966).

Movies and television:

Arkansas Judge (1941); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Clarence Darrow (1974); Climax! (1955); Day at Night (1974); General Electric Theater (1955); Gypsy (1966); Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten (1978); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lust for Life (1956); Magnificent Doll (1946); Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The David Frost Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The President's Lady (1953); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971).