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The truth hurts, but those lies heal.

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George Pelecanos

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.

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The thirst for knowledge is like a piece of ass you know you shouldn't chase; in the end, you chase it just the same.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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