Quotes by George Pelecanos

George Pelecanos

Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you’re going to have a high rate of crime.

Opportunity

Poverty

School

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black audiences won’t come out for a white writer for the most part. It really is just a fact of life.

Book

Growing Up

White

I can write any kind of novel I want, any time, and sell it, but there’s not that many people watching it. Even a low-rated TV show is a couple million more people than read my books. You want to be read, in essence. If you’re a television writer, you’re a writer and you want people to read your stuff. You’re still reaching a bigger audience, that way. That’s a philosophical way to look at it.

Book

Couple

Philosophical

I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.

Book

Character

People

I don’t believe that murders can be “solved.” I think that this is the big lie of the mystery novel, that you should close the book and feel that the world is back in order and everything’s all right. I want the reader to know that the world is not all right, and maybe we ought to do something about it.

Believe

Book

Lying

I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don’t seem to care.

Blue

Care

Neighborhood

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 books.

Book

Long

Writing

I’m proud to be a crime novelist. What I’ve chosen is the best way to convey the questions I’m trying to raise.

Novelists

Proud

Trying

If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.

Ends

Stories

Storyteller

In Europe, I’m recognized on the street sometimes. And that’s cool, because I don’t have to live there and deal with it every day. Unless you’re Stephen King – a great writer, by the way, and anyone who says different knows nothing about the craft – you’re more likely to be recognized in America if you play in a soap opera than if you’re a novelist.

Europe

Kings

Play

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Quotes by George Pelecanos

George Pelecanos

Any time you have poverty, joblessness, sub-par public schools, and a lack of opportunity, you’re going to have a high rate of crime.

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black audiences won’t come out for a white writer for the most part. It really is just a fact of life.

I do have shout-outs to bands and musicians I like in my books, but the musical references can be misunderstood. Often, I have people listening to music that I would never listen to personally, because it fits and defines their character.

I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don’t seem to care.

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 books.

I’m proud to be a crime novelist. What I’ve chosen is the best way to convey the questions I’m trying to raise.

If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death.

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