George Pelecanos Quotes

I never went to school for writing, never took a writing class, but when you're in a room with David Simon and Ed Burns and Dennis Lehane and Richard Price, and they're going over something you've written, you learn what works and what doesn't.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SchoolWritingLearnYouPriceOver

I think it bespeaks a generous nature, a man who can cook.

Jilly Cooper

NatureManThinkCookWhoGenerous

A superfluity of wealth, and a train of domestic slaves, naturally banish a sense of general liberty, and nourish the seeds of that kind of independence that usually terminates in aristocracy.

Mercy Otis Warren

SeedsIndependenceWealthTrainKind

I try to block out everything that distracts me. Even a big play, I blank it out.

Tom Landry

MePlayTryEverythingOutBig

Buenos Aires is an incredibly kind of fragrant city, a beautiful city to look at, and it has the old and the new.

Miguel Sapochnik

BeautifulCityLookNewKindOld

When I realized I was depressed, then I started reading up about it. When I read that one in four people are depressed, I felt that I'm not the only one. I also felt that how many people must be feeling suffocated to fight this battle all alone. I just wanted to reach out and tell them that even I'm like you, and it's okay if you feel like that.

Deepika Padukone

AloneFightPeopleReadingBattle

To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.

Christine Lagarde

LeadershipPurposePeopleMeAchieve

I do some weightlifting, a lot of different weight stuff, strength and conditioning stuff, a little bit of everything.

Chuck Liddell

StrengthEverythingLittleDifferent

You can always tell a person's real character and personhood by those who closely surround him, especially if they're family.

Chuck Norris

FamilyCharacterYouPersonReal

I've been a protected child, but I moved out for further studies when I was 16, and I have travelled quite a bit by myself.

Arfi Lamba

MyselfChildOutBeenFurtherMoved

I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see.

Antoine Fuqua

WorkGreatFriendsStoneBecomeSee

Normally, I name my characters after famous comedians.

Paula Danziger

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People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.

Nina Blackwood

I AmPeopleMeYouKnowWill

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