I don't consider myself to be a crusader of any sort. I was bystander to a certain number of newspaper crusades. They… — David Simon Acquire Copy Share Image
You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life.… — David Simon Acknowledge Copy Share Image
The rest of America, with some small exceptions, has been bulldozed and rebuilt and then bulldozed and rebuilt again. Our places have… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
“[O]ne of the read truths about life in any police department: For a detective or street police, the only real satisfaction is… — David Simon Life Copy Share Image
With more than 80 percent of Americans living in metropolitan areas, there are still demagogues who want to run down the idea… — David Simon Areas Copy Share Image
From a spiritual perspective, freedom from attachment to a particular outcome is the ultimate expression of liberation. We can choose the actions… — David Simon Action Copy Share Image
It seems that in Baltimore, one of the most violent cities in America, jurors are far more reluctant to convict criminal defendants… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
We either live or die based on how we live in cities, and our society is either going to be great or… — David Simon Cities Copy Share Image
Those...who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves. — David Simon Character Copy Share Image
I'm making a lot of money. I should be paying a lot more taxes. I'm not paying taxes at a rate that… — David Simon America Copy Share Image
“you believe a little shithead like this is able to stay on the run for so long?” McLarney declares, returning from yet… — David Simon Copy Share Image
I'd love if people relearned the lessons of the 20th century all over again. Which is to say this country progressed economically… — David Simon 20th century Copy Share Image
You have the capacity to change the plotline of your life, even if you've been acting from the same script since before… — David Simon Acting Copy Share Image
Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel… — David Simon Allowing Copy Share Image
Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness… — David Simon Allowing Copy Share Image
“McLarney laughs, then leaps into the parable of Snot Boogie, who joined the neighborhood crap game, waited for the pot to thicken,… — David Simon Copy Share Image
We are innately creative beings capable of writing a love story worth living, and we cannot afford to miss out on the… — David Simon Capable Copy Share Image
On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a… — David Simon Achieve Copy Share Image
I think what you've seen from Donald Trump is this whole election cycle, there's been a level of misogyny that has become… — David Simon Election Copy Share Image
The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before. — David Simon Beauty Copy Share Image
In Baltimore they can't do police work to save their lives. Now because of Freddie Gray they're not even getting out of… — David Simon Brutal Copy Share Image
We're now seeing levels of inequality raise their heads that we haven't seen since the age of the robber barons. If somebody… — David Simon Age Copy Share Image
The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what… — David Simon Adults Copy Share Image
Acceptance means focusing on the present while assessing the choices available to you in this moment. If there are many possibilities, make… — David Simon Acceptance Copy Share Image
We have no sense of the collective anymore in America. The response to Katrina was proof positive of that. — David Simon America Copy Share Image
