--- title: "1 Praetorian Guard Quotes By David Milch" description: "1 Praetorian Guard quotes by David Milch. Plus more from David Milch and more Praetorian Guard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/david-milch-11169_city_i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the_685067.png" --- > [I had proposed to HBO a series about the city cops in Rome at the time of Nero. What had interested me was the idea of order without law. The Praetorian Guard, who were the emperor's guards, understood how they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the-city-cops-in-rome-at-the/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/119/david-milch-11169_city_i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the_685067.png) ## More by David Milch > [What constitutes - where are we when we sleep? What is our sense of reality at that moment? It's, you know, science now suggests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/what-constitutes-where-are-we-when-we-sleep-what-is-our-sense-of/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [When I was a kid, my dad used to take me out to the race track, and so many formative experiences have to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/when-i-was-a-kid-my-dad-used-to-take-me-out-to-the-race-track-and-so/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [There is not an amount of money that a writer can earn that I can't blow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/there-is-not-an-amount-of-money-that-a-writer-can-earn-that-i-can-t/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [When I was growing up, it was not the heyday of the western.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/when-i-was-growing-up-it-was-not-the-heyday-of-the-western/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [And if God were trying to reach out to us, and teach us something about the deepest nature of matter, he might use some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/and-if-god-were-trying-to-reach-out-to-us-and-teach-us-something/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [I am kind of an undecipherable commodity to a lot of people, including myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-am-kind-of-an-undecipherable-commodity-to-a-lot-of-people-including/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [What cops are hired to do is to control people who will not abide by the social contract.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/what-cops-are-hired-to-do-is-to-control-people-who-will-not-abide-by/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/with-nostromo-joseph-conrad-said-that-he-had-wanted-to-write-a-novel/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [Apes beat their chests so they don't have to fight 24 hours a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/apes-beat-their-chests-so-they-don-t-have-to-fight-24-hours-a-day/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [Even having all the time in the world, it's better to collaborate with your brothers and sisters. It's ultimately the richest experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/even-having-all-the-time-in-the-world-it-s-better-to-collaborate-with/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [The truth is I try to show up each day available to do the work that God or whatever it is that's making, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/the-truth-is-i-try-to-show-up-each-day-available-to-do-the-work-that/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [Faulkner speaks to us on the questions of race, the challenges of modernity, and modern man's dilemma in all of its aspects. That he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/faulkner-speaks-to-us-on-the-questions-of-race-the-challenges-of/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [I had proposed to HBO a series about the city cops in Rome at the time of Nero. What had interested me was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-had-proposed-to-hbo-a-series-about-the-city-cops-in-rome-at-the/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [Never believe anything you think about yourself as a writer when you're not writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/never-believe-anything-you-think-about-yourself-as-a-writer-when-you/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) > [I've been beaten. I know what that's like. They say, 'Who has been a nail can learn to be a hammer.' So I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milch/i-ve-been-beaten-i-know-what-that-s-like-they-say-who-has-been-a-nail/) [David Milch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praetorian-guard/david-milch/#itemlist", "name": "1 Praetorian Guard Quotes By David Milch", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had proposed to HBO a series about the city cops in Rome at the time of Nero. What had interested me was the idea of order without law. The Praetorian Guard, who were the emperor's guards, understood how they were to proceed. 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