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George Pelecanos Quotes

In its rather clinical view of death, 'True Grit' rivals the hardboiled world of 'Red Harvest'-era Dashiell Hammett and prefigures Cormac McCarthy by 20 years.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Death Red World View Grit True

I have tremendous confidence in John Paxson.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Confidence Tremendous John

I was grounded for all of my childhood. Not most - all.

Megan Fox

Childhood Grounded Most

I've done some awful auditions, and I've really done some horrible work, but it forced me to flex those muscles, and that's what makes you a better actor, just doing bad work and seeing what looks bad and growing from it.

Melanie Scrofano

Work Me Better Doing You Bad

I moved at age 22 to Montana to be able to walk in really wild woods, where the chances of being killed by a bear or mountain lion are not zero.

Michael Finkel

Age Walk Lion Mountain Woods Wild

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

Tristram Stuart

Ideas Long Go Sometimes Farming Out

If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with enormous amounts of display and marble and so on. They were havens off the street.

Joseph Rykwert

You Look Street 1920s Marble Off

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking.

Dennis Miller

People Me Game Thinking Interesting

I think Steve Wynn, who was like my mentor and a second father, has been a great inspiration. He's a great mentor because he's a guy who's had great business success but also has always been driven by creativity - and inspired creativity.

Bobby Kotick

Success Father Business Great Think

It doesn't matter where you are: theater brings people together.

Phillipa Soo

Together People You Matter Where

I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going no matter what.

Peter Capaldi

Fall Rise Matter Industry Going

Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.

Noam Chomsky

Media Obedience Admire Dictator Any

It's always been my intention to never be boxed in. I never like to do something that it feels like I've done before.

Lena Waithe

Intention Done Never Always Been