American - Author | February 18, 1957 -
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
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My father was a Marine who fought in the Pacific in WW II. He was a very tough guy, but after the war, he lived his life in a quiet and reserved manner because he had nothing to prove. I know now that he internalized his war experience.
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I've just been very interested in the living side of Washington, rather than the federal side, since I was a kid.
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I am on my bike daily, and most of the locations, warehouses and specific residences from 'The Cut' were found while I was riding.
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'The Deuce' came about when David Simon and I were put in contact with a guy who, along with his twin brother, owned a couple bars in Times Square.
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'The Deuce' takes a look at the remarkable paradigm of capitalism and labor: where money goes and how it's routed; who has power and who doesn't; who is exploited and who's not.
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I always overtip. When I go to England, people think I'm stupid.
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I live in a bigger house, but I still live in the neighbourhood I grew up in.
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Until a book starts forming in your head, you always wonder, 'Am I going to be able to do this again?'
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I get chills when I think that there's a statue of Phil Lynott on a street in Dublin, that people leave flowers by the statue. I love stuff like that.
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I was 15 years old in 1972, and yeah, when the 1970s broke, I was out there. Everything was kinda swirling around me - the music, women, cars, the culture.
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Kids need a father around to make them whole. They need their mom.
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