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> [Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/just-being-able-to-get-paid-to-do-something-you-love-is-a-wonderful/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

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## More by Bryan Burrough

> [American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/american-writers-at-least-those-of-us-who-are-fortunate-enough-to/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/history-is-written-by-the-victors-they-say-and-there-was-no-one-alive/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“When one looks back across a chasm of seventy years, through a prism of pulp fiction and bad gangster movies, there is a tendency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/when-one-looks-back-across-a-chasm-of-seventy-years-through-a-prism/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/the-underground-is-not-a-place-but-a-way-of-life-you-can-be/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/there-s-always-a-slight-tension-when-you-sell-a-book-to-hollywood/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“To the generations of Americans raised since World War 2, the identities of criminals such as Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, Baby Face Nelson, "Ma"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/to-the-generations-of-americans-raised-since-world-war-2-the/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/i-don-t-know-the-figures-but-hollywood-must-buy-100-rights-for-every/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“an odd-job detective agency with fuzzy lines of authority and responsibility.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/an-odd-job-detective-agency-with-fuzzy-lines-of-authority-and/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [From time to time, just about every 'Vanity Fair' writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/from-time-to-time-just-about-every-vanity-fair-writer-has-a-chance-to/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“the Bureau acquired the nickname “The Department of Easy Virtue.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/the-bureau-acquired-the-nickname-the-department-of-easy-virtue/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [I'm accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/i-m-accustomed-to-internet-forums-where-rudeness-and-incivility-are/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> ['Bonnie and Clyde,' while one of the best movies ever made, was far more interested in portraying Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker as romantic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/bonnie-and-clyde-while-one-of-the-best-movies-ever-made-was-far-more/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“radical violence was so deeply woven into the fabric of 1970s America that many citizens, especially in New York and other hard-hit cities, accepted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/radical-violence-was-so-deeply-woven-into-the-fabric-of-1970s-america/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“changes in the story were the result of normal editing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/changes-in-the-story-were-the-result-of-normal-editing/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

> [“Art has now done for Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow something they could never achieve in life: it has taken a shark-eyed multiple murderer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-burrough/art-has-now-done-for-bonnie-parker-and-clyde-barrow-something-they/)

[Bryan Burrough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-burrough/)

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