George Pelecanos Quotes

I even dream about writing. I'm talking seeing words across the page, whole paragraphs.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.

Jim Jordan

SpeakThinkAmericaSpeechSayOut

I'm a comic; we get hecklers every night! It's really just part of the job.

Jermaine Fowler

JobNightGetJustComicPart

I hate Spanx.

Jennifer Coolidge

HateSpanx

My life was a mystery even as I lived it.

Melissa Gilbert

LifeMy LifeMysteryLivedEven

I've never had a very closely connected family. My parents split up when I was young and I was living with my mom for a little while, then I was kind of just on my own really young. It wasn't some kind of global tragedy, it was just never really a very close-knit family. So there was support in the sense that they didn't stand in my way.

Ani DiFranco

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Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

Stieg Larsson

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I think culturally, even if you just talk about it in context, the standard of beauty has not included women of color. Period. Not just black women. If you are not a certain thing, there has not been space for you.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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I grew up in my neighborhood with salsa, of course bachata, but also hip-hop, Nirvana - it was just like a mixed culture. It was a beautiful thing for me because at the moment I started creating music, having all these different sounds and elements, it was very organic because I grew up with all these types different music.

Romeo Santos

MusicBeautifulMomentCultureMe

I'm a physicist, and we have something called Moore's Law, which says computer power doubles every 18 months. So every Christmas, we more or less assume that our toys and appliances are more or less twice as powerful as the previous Christmas.

Michio Kaku

PowerLawPowerfulChristmasToys

I'm perfectly happy doing nothing. I'll hang around the house and take the dog to the park.

Jorge Garcia

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I think in our culture there's been a tendency for people to blame the audience. There is a tendency in our industry to say, 'The audience has left the building. People don't want culture anymore.'

Diane Paulus

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If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay alive.

Christiane Amanpour

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