Writer Quotes by George Pelecanos

I'm proudly a crime writer, but it would be really inaccurate to call me a mystery writer.

— George Pelecanos

I never went to a writing school, so 'The Wire' was my writing school.

— George Pelecanos

I've seen firsthand how books can change people's lives. It happened to me.

— George Pelecanos

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

— George Pelecanos

I do feel like that's what a writer does, is he goes into other people's heads.

— George Pelecanos

Incarcerated individuals want what most people want in a novel: good, honest writing and a story well told.

— George Pelecanos

I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act.

— George Pelecanos

I find 'True Grit' to be one of the very best American novels: It is a rousing adventure story and deeply perceptive…

— George Pelecanos

Until a book starts forming in your head, you always wonder, 'Am I going to be able to do this again?'

— George Pelecanos

I love writing books, but it's a solitary experience. When I'm on a film set, I'm with a bunch of other artists…

— George Pelecanos

I was really rudderless at one point my life. And once I started reading books, then I got the idea that maybe…

— George Pelecanos

I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better…

— George Pelecanos

Reading opens your mind and helps you understand and empathize with people who are unlike you and outside your breadth of experience.

— George Pelecanos

I never went to school for writing, never took a writing class, but when you're in a room with David Simon and…

— George Pelecanos

When I was a teenager, I thought if any of my friends or people at school see me reading a book, they're…

— George Pelecanos

The Next Right Thing has humanity, humor, and insight to burn. Author Dan Barden takes the clay of the California hard-boiled novel…

— George Pelecanos