Quotes
Authors
George Pelecanos

"Things seem to be at a boiling point all the time. In fact, it has been that way my whole life. I find it interesting, and I like the fact that the emotions are in your face all the time. You always know where you stand. None of that "we don't have any racial problems here" attitude that you get, say, up north. All of this is rich fodder for a crime novelist."

Source : Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. September 19, 2001.

George Pelecanos

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“Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.”
“I am fortunate enough to have worked on, and continue to work on, evolutionary movies in all formats from just simple good story telling, which still matters most of all, to CG movies to tent-pole size 3D movies, and genre 3D movies like 'Piranha 3D.”
“John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.”
“I would play ball with Catherine, and hide and seek: Not a very challenging game in an open meadow, but she was still at the age where she believed that if she shut her eyes and buried her head under a shawl then she could not be seen.”
“I can't even say what my greatest fear is because I, I can't even imagine. Being without my family... I can't even say it because it makes me cry.”
“Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in cafe society.”
“Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're fun. You either hate me or you love me.”
“I think that was going on with bands like The Strokes was that the idea of the band, a real band, was making a comeback. My brother in law is an example- before he was listening to some country music, even some of that awful nu-metal stuff , but there weren't many options really.”

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