Top 20 George Pelecanos Quotes
#1. A pistol ain't good for nothin' but killing other human beings, man.
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#2. Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you're going to have a high rate of crime.
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#4. I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.
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#5. The worst kind of novel is one that blames other people for the racial problem in order to make the reader feel good about himself. As if it's only rich white people or Republicans or conservatives who have this disease.
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#6. The crime part is the engine that moves the narrative and allows me to write the other things I want to write about.
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#7. I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.
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#8. I'm proud to be a crime novelist. What I've chosen is the best way to convey the questions I'm trying to raise.
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#10. The Next Right Thing has humanity, humor, and insight to burn. Author Dan Barden takes the clay of the California hard-boiled novel and shapes it into something new.
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#11. What's more interesting are the dynamics between people that involve hypocrisy or ignoring each other. That's what I want to write about. I like to make people uncomfortable because it's something we should be uncomfortable about.
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#12. Soon it began to drizzle for the second time that night. The drops grew heavier and became visible in the headlights of the cars. It was said by some of the police on the scene that God was crying for the girl in the garden. To others, it was only rain. (final lines)
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#13. But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black audiences won't come out for a white writer for the most part. It really is just a fact of life.
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#14. You already been a punk. Least you can do is go out like a man. Then a dull popping sound and a quiet splash.
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#15. The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.
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#16. I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care.
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#17. The most popular American fiction seems to be about successful people who win, and good crime fiction typically does not explore that world. But honestly, if all crime fiction was quality fiction, it would be taken more seriously.
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#18. Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best of Lawrence Block, which is to say that this is very good stuff, indeed.
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#19. If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.
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#20. We get schooled by the people around us, and it stays inside us deep.
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