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George Pelecanos
George Pelecanos
American Author
Born: Feb 18, 1957
Book Books Me People Writing You
Related authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald Frederick Douglass Helen Keller Henry David Thoreau Joyce Meyer Mark Twain Og Mandino Zig Ziglar
I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act. George Pelecanos
Positive Good You Judge Reading Stripe Read Always Any Anyone Act
My take on gentrification and change is it's usually always a better thing, because when you see all these businesses open and flourishing, that means there are more jobs. George Pelecanos
You Change Better Jobs See More Take Open Better Thing Because Always Means Businesses Thing Flourishing
I read 'The Washington Post' every day from a very young age. Reading the newspaper taught me how to organize my thoughts on the page. Meaning, it taught me how to write. George Pelecanos
Day Me Thoughts Age Every Day Post Reading Young Every Write Read How Very Taught Young Age Newspaper Meaning Page Organize Washington Washington Post
My dad used to call me 'the dreamer.' He was right. George Pelecanos
Me Dreamer He Call Used Dad Right
The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But the reality is that people have lived in Washington for generations, and their lives are worth examining, I think. George Pelecanos
Reality People Worth Every Think Out Administration Examining Generations New Town Cliche Years Blow Transient Who Washington Lived Lives Four
I was heavily into John D. MacDonald. George Pelecanos
Macdonald John
There is nothing like the rumble of a dual-piped American car with something under the hood. George Pelecanos
Car Nothing Hood Something Like American
I shoot occasionally, but I'm no gun expert. George Pelecanos
Gun Occasionally Shoot Expert
I didn't want to write the same book over and over. George Pelecanos
Book Write Over Same Want
I even dream about writing. I'm talking seeing words across the page, whole paragraphs. George Pelecanos
Writing Words Dream Paragraphs Seeing About Talking Across Page Whole Even
There's a room in my house where my stereo, records, CDs, and books are housed. I spend a lot of time in that room, sitting in my chair beside the fireplace, reading and listening to music. Sometimes I just stand before the shelves and look at my books, because every single one of them means something to me. George Pelecanos
Music Time Me Sometimes Listening Single Reading Before Every Spend Books Beside Something Records Fireplace Stereo Look House Because Shelves Lot Sitting Just Where Room Them Means Stand Chair
'The Big Sky' is an American classic. George Pelecanos
Sky Big Classic American
I never went to school for writing, never took a writing class, but when you're in a room with David Simon and Ed Burns and Dennis Lehane and Richard Price, and they're going over something you've written, you learn what works and what doesn't. George Pelecanos
You Class Writing School Took Something Simon David Price Never Written Over Learn Going Burns Room Richard Works
I was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe I could become a writer. I had a goal. And every day when I got up, there was a reason. George Pelecanos
Life Day Every Day My Life Reading Become Every Books Once Point Could Writer Had Idea Reading Books Got Goal Up Maybe Then Really Reason Started Started Reading
I had met many wounded veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center when I was researching my 2009 novel 'The Turnaround,' and I continue to be very interested in how returning servicemen and women deal with their new lives back home and how they're treated by America. George Pelecanos
Home Army Women Veterans Met Back Wounded Had New Returning Deal How Reed Continue Very America Center Interested Turnaround Researching Many Novel Lives Medical Servicemen Treated
I've just been very interested in the living side of Washington, rather than the federal side, since I was a kid. George Pelecanos
Living Side Kid Rather Federal Since Been Very Than Just Interested Washington
I am on my bike daily, and most of the locations, warehouses and specific residences from 'The Cut' were found while I was riding. George Pelecanos
Daily Locations Most Am Were While Cut Bike Riding Found Specific
'Treme' begins after Hurricane Katrina, and it's a year-by-year account of how everyday people there put their lives back together. It's sort of a testament to, or an argument for why, a great American city like New Orleans needs to be saved and preserved. George Pelecanos
Great Needs Together People Argument Great American Preserved Saved Everyday Everyday People Back Hurricane City Hurricane Katrina Put New Like Sort How Testament New Orleans Account Begins American After Katrina Why Lives Orleans
I always overtip. When I go to England, people think I'm stupid. George Pelecanos
People Stupid Think Always Go England
I live in a bigger house, but I still live in the neighbourhood I grew up in. George Pelecanos
Live Neighbourhood House Still Up Grew Bigger
Until a book starts forming in your head, you always wonder, 'Am I going to be able to do this again?' George Pelecanos
You Book Starts Able Head Until Always Am Wonder Going Again Forming Your
Guys who feel like it makes you a man to make babies, they're completely misguided. It makes you a man to be a father. And I'm not moralising about marriage or anything. I understand that people split up, and marriages don't work out, and people do the best they can. But if you're going to not be there from the very beginning, then don't do it. George Pelecanos
Work Best You Man Marriage People Father Beginning Babies Out Marriages About Guys Split Misguided Feel Like Make Makes Understand Up Very Going Anything Work Out Then Who
'True Grit' is one of the few books my sons let me read to them - and paid attention to - when they were younger. George Pelecanos
Me Few Books True Attention Sons Read Were Them Younger Grit Paid
I'm proudly a crime writer, but it would be really inaccurate to call me a mystery writer. George Pelecanos
Me Crime Would Would-Be Mystery Writer Call Proudly Inaccurate Really
It's a tradition that a writer will try to plant his flag in a certain city and protect that. The way to get your rep is to find the essence of the city and get it down on paper. George Pelecanos
Try Plant Will Down Way Paper City Find Writer Protect Rep Tradition His Get Flag Essence Certain Your
What we were all always saying with 'The Wire' was that there's a whole group of people that America just sort of wants to throw away. They want to forget about them, and if they could, they'd get rid of them. They are Americans - they're worth saving; they're worth helping. George Pelecanos
Saying People Worth Group Saving About Could Throw Wire Sort Always Were America Forget Get American Just Want Wants Them Rid Helping Whole Away
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