He was born in 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of a rabbi, and studied Hebrew, German, French, Latin and Greek. I believed every word I wrote.”Įarly Life, Education and Academic Career Erich Segal Segal said, “The reason people cried over Love Story is because I did. Just about everyone remembers “Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” which is number 13 in the American Film Institute’s list of 100 Movie Quotes. The film grossed nearly $200 million and received seven Academy Award nominations. He wrote the screenplay for the movie of the same name, starring Ryan O’Neal and Ali MacGraw, that was the top box office attraction of 1970 and gained him an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. Of not being remembered, not counting.”Īt age 33, he wrote his best-known novel, Love Story, that sold more than 21 million copies, was the top selling work of fiction for 1970 in the United States and has been translated into more than 33 languages. But what lies beneath that fear is the terror of insignificance. A line in one of his novels, The Class, described both of us: “Fear of death is universal. Both of us were mediocre runners trying to prove ourselves. Erich Segal was on the track team with me at Harvard and ran the Boston Marathon with me several times.
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