It is true that one of the first acts of tyrants is to erase history, to wipe out the recorded memory of a people. With that in mind, it's important to remember that the work that we do as writers, artists and performers will form an essential part of the collective memory that future generations will draw upon. And so… — Rene Balcer Copy Share
I write about power, that's my real subject - how you get it, what you do with it, how you abuse it. I'm equally… — Rene Balcer Copy Share Image
I'm sympathetic to the decent and hapless footsoldier into whose lap falls the unenviable duty of carrying out fubar policies. — Rene Balcer Copy Share Image
Torture injures everyone who comes into contact with it and corrodes the country that abides it. — Rene Balcer Copy Share Image
If you're going to play stickball in Canarsie you better learn Brooklyn rules. — Rene Balcer Copy Share Image
Nobody's reasonable when they're in love. That's the whole point of it. — Rene Balcer Copy Share Image