Best quotes by George Pelecanos on People

Checkout quotes by George Pelecanos on People

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

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ It would probably surprise people how prevalent reading is in institutions - and the degree to which some states discourage reading by instituting draconian rules and laws that try to limit and outright roadblock books in prisons.

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years with the new administrations. But the reality is that people have lived in Washington for generations, and their lives are worth examining, I think.

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not look to politicians to do that.

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ My goal is to get a real film industry started in Washington. An actual one, not where features come to town and shoot second unit for a few days. I would love to get something started here. Hire local crews. People could work year-round and raise their families here.

  - George Pelecanos
  

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

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ I always overtip. When I go to England, people think I'm stupid.

  - George Pelecanos
  

• ‟ I get chills when I think that there's a statue of Phil Lynott on a street in Dublin, that people leave flowers by the statue. I love stuff like that.

  - George Pelecanos