When you're going off to prison for the rest of your life, a lot of people do feel the need to explain themselves to all the people they have known. — 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 to view the events of 1933-34 as mythic, as folkloric. To the generations of Americans raised since World War II, the identities of criminals such as Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, “Ma” Barker, John… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share
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" Barker, John Dillenger, and Clyde Barrow are no more real than are Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones. After decades spent in the washing machine of popular culture, their stories have been bled of all reality, to… — Bryan Burrough Copy Share
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
