September 19: Notable Births, with Quotes
Explore memorable and revealing quotes from public figures, past and present, who were born on September 19.
Paul Williams, singer and songwriter (September 19, 1940–present)
“I didn’t have any money, and I couldn’t get any work as an actor. So I started writing songs for my own amusement. And once I started writing, that’s all I did. I was constantly writing. When I got an office at A&M, which was a few years later, I was there around the clock. I loved it.” —Paul Williams
Zollo, Paul. “A Talk with Paul Williams, Part 1.” American Songwriter, 2020, https://americansongwriter.com/paul-williams-part1/
“The Beatles made me crazy. ‘Sgt. Pepper’ was a real turning point in my life.” —Paul Williams
Zollo, Paul. “A Talk with Paul Williams, Part 1.” American Songwriter, 2020, https://americansongwriter.com/paul-williams-part1/
William Golding, novelist and playwright (September 19, 1911–June 19, 1993)
“I do think that during the formative years of my boyhood I did feel myself to be in a sort of rationalist atmosphere against which I kicked.” —William Golding
Baker, James R. “An Interview with William Golding.” JSTOR, June 5, 1981, https://www.jstor.org/stable/441151
“Every time Democracy pulls itself together and says, ‘Well, now I’m being threatened by a totalitarian regime,’ the first thing it has to do is give up some of its own principles. In England during the Second World War we had to give up a tremendous number of principles in order to achieve the one pointed unity which could possibly withstand Hitler.” —William Golding
Keating, James. “Interview with William Golding.” StudyLib, May 10, 1962, https://studylib.net/doc/8061811/interview-with-william-golding
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