“Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“There was a sweetness in my voice I found nauseating. I made a note to myself never to have children. Or at… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“What's your name, son?' Sam said. The man looked to be about Sam's age, but Sam always thought calling people 'son' immediately… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Who cut him?' Sam liked saying things like 'Who cut him?' It reminded him of being a kid and watching prison movies,… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I found myself thinking a lot about my own spirituality. What it means to be Jewish, what it means to forgive, what it means… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
We understand a person with problems, someone who is wrong about a lot of things in his or her life, who makes messes. We… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
You don't see Los Angeles erecting a museum dedicated to the birth place of the Crips and the Bloods and the Mexican Mafia, with… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“The danger of drawing parallels is that some things are always inequalities.” — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
We like the idea of a guy who gets away with it ("it" in this case being a variety of things: murder, robbery, general… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.” — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. We like what… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
“I think you two forgot how to love each other, and that’s just like poison. Worst thing you can do is forgot how to… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
