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).
Steven Millhauser

Born: August 3, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Steven Millhauser is an American novelist and short story writer. He won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel Martin Dressler. The prize brought many of his older books back into print.
Known for:
- Voices in the Night: Stories (2015)
- We Others: New and Selected Stories (2011)
- Dangerous Laughter (2008)
- The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (1998)