A biography for George Pelecanoshasn’t been written yet.
“My take on gentrification and change is it's usually always a better thing, because when you see all these businesses open and flourishing, that means there are more jobs.”
“I never took a writing class.”
“Can't get my head around sci-fi or fantasy. I'm not putting those genres down; it's just that I'm not built for them.”
“I was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe I could become a writer. I had a goal. And every day when I got up, there was a reason.”
“'True Grit' is one of the few books my sons let me read to them - and paid attention to - when they were younger.”
“Sometimes there's a reason for the hype.”
“'The Deuce' came about when David Simon and I were put in contact with a guy who, along with his twin brother, owned a couple bars in Times Square.”
“People want to see the world the way they want to see it, not the way it is.”
“A lot of guys are walking around with a lot simmering beneath the surface, and sometimes it explodes.”
“I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act.”
“My father was a Marine who fought in the Pacific in WW II. He was a very tough guy, but after the war, he lived his life in a quiet and reserved manner because he had nothing to prove. I know now that he internalized his war experience.”
“I'm a very sentimental, emotional person.”
“Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.”
“Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.”
“I do feel like that's what a writer does, is he goes into other people's heads.”
“I want to be read. When you write a TV show like 'The Wire,' you've got three to four million readers watching your work. Even Grisham doesn't sell that many books.”
“I live in a bigger house, but I still live in the neighbourhood I grew up in.”
“I was a movie freak before I was a book lover.”
“'The Big Sky' is an American classic.”
“Many fathers and sons never get to reconcile their differences or come to an understanding that fills the gap between love and expectations.”