George Pelecanos Quotes

I go to church for the cultural element. It's where you go to see Greek people once a week. It's real important to me, and I hope my children see they're part of something bigger than just this family.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyHopeChildrenPeopleMeYou

If someone is willing to help you understand your own worth when you're vulnerable, that's a very touching thing. It makes you want to help other people.

Jewel

PeopleSomeoneHelpWorthYouWant

One product that you can never go wrong with is sunglasses because they are easy to misplace. I always get a couple of pairs every year.

Jessica Szohr

SunglassesYearEasyYouWrongGo

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.

John Hersey

MorningWarLookingThoughtTurtle

I really enjoy drawing, and I enjoy design, fashion design especially. If acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'd probably go into design.

Angourie Rice

WorkHopeFashionDesignDrawingGo

In the 19th century the anatomy of the eye was known in great detail and the sophisticated mechanisms it employs to deliver an accurate picture of the outside world astounded everyone who was familiar with them.

Michael Behe

GreatDetailWorldEyePicture

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Michael Eisner

BusinessManagementMatterIndustry

They don't draft you to sit there and stand on the sideline.

Torrey Smith

StandYouSitDraftSideline

My mother was a powerful influence. She made me toe the line. If I didn't have a perfect report card, she showed her disappointment.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

MotherDisappointmentMeInfluence

I loved writing fiction. I mean, once I found the character, or the characters, and knew who they were and knew their back-stories, it really - I mean, I went into my studio every day, thinking, 'What's gonna happen to Billy today?'

Ruth Reichl

CharacterTodayDayWritingThinking

Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is the Night,' an experimental novel.

Joyce Carol Oates

BestNightThoughtKnowTenderHis

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

Jonathan Galassi

WorkTimePeopleTalkingWant

I grew up watching Wonder Woman; I grew up watching Batman. I grew up watching George Reeves as Superman.

Diane Lane

WomanWonderSupermanWatchingUp

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