I find ‘True Grit’ to be one of the very best American novels: It is a rousing adventure story and deeply perceptive about the makeup of the American character. George Pelecanos Read Quote
There’s a science to brain development. The brains of teenage boys are crowded with impulse and adrenaline. By the time they hit their 20s, their brains are dominated by conscience and reason. George Pelecanos Read Quote
When I was a kid in the ’60s, I went shopping in downtown Silver Spring. Hecht’s, JCPenney, the little retailers – they sponsored all my sports teams. George Pelecanos Read Quote
My father was a Marine who fought in the Pacific in WW II. He was a very tough guy, but after the war, he lived his life in a quiet and reserved manner because he had nothing to prove. I know now that he internalized his war experience. George Pelecanos Read Quote
When I was 19, my dad got sick, and I quit college to take over his business, a coffee shop on 19th Street, below Dupont Circle in D.C. I had been working there since I was 11 years old, so it was not a stretch to think that I could do it, but my record as a teenager, in many respects, was less than stellar. George Pelecanos Read Quote
