Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Lillian Ross

Born: June 8, 1926
Died: September 20, 2017 (aged 91)
Bio: Lillian Ross is an American journalist and author, who was a staff writer at The New Yorker from 1945 until she retired.
Known for:
- Portrait of Hemingway (1950)
- Picture (1952)
- Reporting back (2002)