“Art has now done for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow something they could never achieve in life: it has taken a shark-eyed multiple murderer and his deluded girlfriend and transformed them into sympathetic characters, imbuing them with a cuddly likability… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot. — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“History is written by the victors, they say, and there was no one alive who would come forward to dispute Hoover’s fabricated story. Never… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“When one looks back across a chasm of seventy years, through a prism of pulp fiction and bad gangster movies, there is a tendency… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“To the generations of Americans raised since World War 2, the identities of criminals such as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, "Ma"… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made. — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“an odd-job detective agency with fuzzy lines of authority and responsibility.” — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood. — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults. — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
'Bonnie and Clyde,' while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“radical violence was so deeply woven into the fabric of 1970s America that many citizens, especially in New York and other hard-hit cities, accepted… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
“Art has now done for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow something they could never achieve in life: it has taken a shark-eyed multiple murderer… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share Image
