The murder clearance rate now in my city Baltimore is almost non-existent. Nobody can solve a murder, nobody can do any actual… — David Simon Brutal Copy Share Image
Not only did this new pornography industry change the way men look at women and how we relate to sex, how we… — David Simon Culture Copy Share Image
In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of… — David Simon Brutal Copy Share Image
“West Baltimore. You sit on your stoop, you drink Colt 45 from a brown paper bag and you watch the radio car… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Since the Donald Trump election, which has involved this administration making direct attacks on press freedoms, you're actually seeing a certain amount… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Acceptance means focusing on the present while assessing the choices available to you in this moment. If there are many possibilities, make… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Barack Obama's understanding of what the drug war had cost the country was meaningful. And very quietly in his second term, he… — David Simon Copy Share Image
That's what we were interested in: how power and money ran itself, much more so than 'drugs are bad, drugs are good.'… — David Simon Drug Copy Share Image
The same creative force that generated the universe created your body. It is vibrating with intelligence and spirit. It is ultimately sacred… — David Simon Body Copy Share Image
Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The best I can hope for is that I might provoke a water cooler argument between you and somebody else. But it… — David Simon Argument Copy Share Image
How do we allow God into our minds, bodies, relationships, and life? We stop squeezing the divine out through our preconceived notions… — David Simon Copy Share Image
The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. If it's… — David Simon Care Copy Share Image
“My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader.… — David Simon Books Copy Share Image