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Terence Winter Quotes

American - Writer | October 2, 1960 -

When Prohibition was first enacted in 1920, most people stockpiled alcohol, thinking they'd have enough to last them for years. By 1923, that was starting to run out, so your average person started to rely more and more on criminals.

People Alcohol Thinking Enough Run

I've always thought that when they say ignorance is bliss, the converse to that is that knowledge is hell. The more you know, the bleaker things can get.

Knowledge Ignorance Thought Hell You

If you're truly depicting human behavior in an honest way, it is a lot of miscommunication, non-communication, paranoia, passive aggressiveness. People don't finish sentences. They don't say what they mean. They lie to each other. They take credit for things that are actually other people's ideas.

Lie People Ideas Behavior Credit

One of the nicest things I ever read about our show was that a critic felt 'Boardwalk Empire' could be the beginning of the blur between television and cinema, because the production values are so high and the storytelling is so compelling.

Beginning Blur Values Cinema High

I'm not really gangsta. Not at all. I just write about them. It's fun to pretend, at least on paper. But in real life, not so much.

Life Fun Write Real Pretend Gangsta

I was always interested in the 1920s and the gangster world, in general.

World Gangster 1920s Always General

Any distraction tends to get in the way of being an effective gangster.

Gangster Way Distraction Being Get

We may live like saints, but when it comes to our fantasy life, everybody's got a little larceny in their soul.

Life Live Soul Fantasy Little May

Very often at the end of 'The Sopranos' you get the feeling that its not under control, you should be very worried, and life is kind of really, really messed up at lot of times. It leaves you feeling very disconcerted. That was kind of the point of it.

Life Control End You Messed Up Kind

I think people, whether they realize they're doing it or not, seek out distractions to take their minds off what they know is bad behavior.

People Think Behavior Doing Bad Out

If you lose your house and your life savings to a broker, you'd probably throw them in the same category as the worst gangsters in history. Everybody's definition of carnage and evil is different.

Life History Evil You Lose House

One FBI agent told us early on that on Monday morning, they would get to the FBI office, and all the agents would talk about 'The Sopranos', having the same conversation about the show, but always from the flip side.

Morning Monday Conversation Early

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