More people pay attention to fiction and to narrative than pay attention to journalism. That's quite sad. More people pay attention to… — David Simon Attention Copy Share Image
Blue jeans have gone around the world. But that's a product. We market blue jeans better, just as we market film better.… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
The mismanagement of American newspapering is quite remarkable. But all of the fellows responsible are now on a golf course in Hilton… — David Simon Bonus Copy Share Image
I've never met anyone with a perfect upbringing. It seems to me that life on planet Earth just doesn't work that way.… — David Simon Boundaries Copy Share Image
We didn't create the culture of film. We certainly market it better than anyone in the world, but film could have happened… — David Simon Cinema Copy Share Image
I would be lying if I said the journalism doesn't reflect my own choices as a reporter and a writer: what to… — David Simon Choices Copy Share Image
For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is the work itself; when a cop spends more and more time… — David Simon Aggravated Copy Share Image
“We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.” — David Simon Copy Share Image
A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger,… — David Simon Anger Copy Share Image
What we've learned from the whole election cycle of 2016 President elections is men and women, men particularly, are pretty comfortable talking… — David Simon Believe Copy Share Image
In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism. — David Simon Careful Copy Share Image
Healing from our past is an essential aspect of expanding our sense of self and awakening our capacity to love. This shift… — David Simon Asking Copy Share Image
Life is too short to carry the burden of a heavy heart. It does not serve you or anyone else. Free yourself… — David Simon Burden Copy Share Image
What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it. — David Simon Compromises Copy Share Image
If I were a person of color in Florida, I would pick up a brick and start walking toward that courthouse in… — David Simon Betrayal Copy Share Image
TV writers live life of well-paid, specialty prostitutes. We have a very special skill set and we occupy one of the higher… — David Simon Life Copy Share Image
Not only did this new pornography industry change the way men look at women and how we relate to sex, how we… — David Simon Culture Copy Share Image
While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point. — David Simon Doe Copy Share Image
“The three-story derelict is home to Smitty, Gale, and Gale's baby - a nuclear family nested on the corner - and Ella… — David Simon Copy Share Image
There are two Americas - separate, unequal, and no longer even acknowledging each other except on the barest cultural terms. In the… — David Simon Destroyed Copy Share Image
“It is not a look of horror, consternation, or even distress. More often than not, the last visage of a murdered man… — David Simon Copy Share Image
“My standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader.… — David Simon Books Copy Share Image
Choices are much more practical and small when you're dealing with a real story. It's about execution, it's not about content. — David Simon Choice Copy Share Image
“Murder often doesn't unsettle a man. In Baltimore, it usually doesn't even ruin his day.” — David Simon Copy Share Image
