Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.

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• George Pelecanos:

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  The cliche is that Washington is a transient town of people who blow in and out every four years wi

• George Pelecanos:

  I do miss the Chocolate City of my youth.

• George Pelecanos:

  I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not

• George Pelecanos:

  My goal is to get a real film industry started in Washington. An actual one, not where features com

• George Pelecanos:

  A lot of guys are walking around with a lot simmering beneath the surface, and sometimes it explode

• George Pelecanos:

  My books are not for everybody.

• George Pelecanos:

  I was heavily into John D. MacDonald.

• George Pelecanos:

  I never took a writing class.

• George Pelecanos:

  I can't relax. I don't have any hobbies.