History Quote 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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"…

— Bryan Burrough

I don't know the figures, but Hollywood must buy 100 rights for every movie that actually gets made.

— Bryan Burrough

“an odd-job detective agency with fuzzy lines of authority and responsibility.”

— 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.

— Bryan Burrough

“the Bureau acquired the nickname “The Department of Easy Virtue.”

— 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.

— 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…

— 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…

— Bryan Burrough