--- title: "1 De niro Quotes By Tod Goldberg" description: "1 De niro quotes by Tod Goldberg. Plus more from Tod Goldberg and more De niro sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/tod-goldberg-17468_als_the-fact-is-though-what-i-think-we-reall_898369.jpg" --- > [The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. We like what the media has created of the mob bosses in movies and TV and books, because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-fact-is-though-what-i-think-we-really-like-is-marlon-brando-al/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/tod-goldberg-17468_als_the-fact-is-though-what-i-think-we-reall_898369.jpg) ## More by Tod Goldberg > [I found myself thinking a lot about my own spirituality. What it means to be Jewish, what it means to forgive, what it means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-found-myself-thinking-a-lot-about-my-own-spirituality-what-it-means/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-generally-the-flawed-anti-hero-is-much-more-interesting-than/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-my-philosophy-has-evolved-over-the-years-i-started-teaching/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [We understand a person with problems, someone who is wrong about a lot of things in his or her life, who makes messes. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/we-understand-a-person-with-problems-someone-who-is-wrong-about-a-lot/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/you-don-t-see-los-angeles-erecting-a-museum-dedicated-to-the-birth/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [“The danger of drawing parallels is that some things are always inequalities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-danger-of-drawing-parallels-is-that-some-things-are-always/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [We like the idea of a guy who gets away with it ("it" in this case being a variety of things: murder, robbery, general…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/we-like-the-idea-of-a-guy-who-gets-away-with-it-it-in-this-case-being/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [“Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/sam-took-another-sip-of-the-pruno-it-went-down-smoother-this-time/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/so-for-a-long-time-i-did-a-lot-of-freelance-writing-in-addition-to/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. We like what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/the-fact-is-though-what-i-think-we-really-like-is-marlon-brando-al/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-think-you-two-forgot-how-to-love-each-other-and-that-s-just-like/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/it-s-an-unusual-way-to-write-a-crime-novel-to-have-these-lingering/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [There's an old, private cemetery here in Palm Springs, where I live, just down the street from the airport, that belongs to one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/there-s-an-old-private-cemetery-here-in-palm-springs-where-i-live/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [I was thinking a lot about the aftermath of bad choices, how people deal with the trauma of having survived trauma, if that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/i-was-thinking-a-lot-about-the-aftermath-of-bad-choices-how-people/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) > [My god, people are selling their work and people are reading it! The horror! That MFA programs have to advertise that they'll let you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tod-goldberg/my-god-people-are-selling-their-work-and-people-are-reading-it-the/) [Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tod-goldberg/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/de-niro/tod-goldberg/#itemlist", "name": "1 De niro Quotes By Tod Goldberg", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact is, though, what I think we really like is Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and James Gandolfini. 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