George Pelecanos Quotes

I want to be read. When you write a TV show like 'The Wire,' you've got three to four million readers watching your work. Even Grisham doesn't sell that many books.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1957

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A saboteur in the house of art and a comedienne in the house of art theory, Lawler has spent three decades documenting the secret life of art. Functioning as a kind of one-woman CSI unit, she has photographed pictures and objects in collectors' homes, in galleries, on the walls of auction houses, and off the walls, in museum storage.

Jerry Saltz

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The older I get, the happier my childhood becomes.

John Burnside

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When you handwrite something, you're writing your most raw, pure thoughts. If you want to change it, then you have to mark it out, and people can see you laboring over that thought. I think even the act of hand, pen, and paper is much more intimate than with a computer screen.

Jenny Han

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I mean, Eighteen years old is the age of consent in Europe and you can go anywhere and do anything you like. In America, it is dumb. At eighteen you should be able to do anything that you like, except get married.

John Entwistle

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I'm obsessed with broadcasting.

Mauro Ranallo

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I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

Michael Chabon

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I don't care who or what judges me, nothing's going to stop me from living my life how I choose.

Amanda Holden

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I'm an attacker, and forwards always want to score.

Stephan El Shaarawy

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The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck.

Tony Robbins

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When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

Mike Krzyzewski

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My music is straightforward because I want to give people me and let them know they're not alone in going through the things that they go through.

Juice Wrld

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Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break for me.

Divyanka Tripathi

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