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David Simon quotes: In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism.

In the wake of Katrina, what you're witnessing and what we are very careful to depict is a form of patriotism.

David Simon quotes: Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you.

Any music can be healing if it inspires, relaxes, encourages or creates enthusiasm for life in you.

David Simon quotes: A man got to have a code. --The Wire

A man got to have a code. --The Wire

David Simon quotes: People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

People from here will often say, "I'm not from the United States, I'm from New Orleans."

David Simon quotes: It's good to be good, but it's better to be lucky.

It's good to be good, but it's better to be lucky.

David Simon quotes: Rural America's not coming back. That idea was lost with the Industrial Revolution.

Rural America's not coming back. That idea was lost with the Industrial Revolution.

David Simon quotes: Murder often doesn't unsettle a man. In Baltimore, it usually doesn't even ruin his day.

Murder often doesn't unsettle a man. In Baltimore, it usually doesn't even ruin his day.

David Simon quotes: The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives is to have peace in our own hearts.

The greatest contribution we can make to the wellbeing of those in our lives
is to have peace in our own hearts.

David Simon quotes: Boiled down to its core, the truth is always a simple, solid thing

Boiled down to its core, the truth is always a simple, solid thing

David Simon quotes: The board reveals all: Upon its acetate is writ the story of past and present. Who

The board reveals all: Upon its acetate is writ the story of past and present. Who

David Simon quotes: On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience.

On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can go without achieving a mass audience.

David Simon quotes: Health is a return to our memory of wholeness.

Health is a return to our memory of wholeness.

David Simon quotes: While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life ... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.

While I think storytelling is a meaningful way to spend your life ... it does feel a little bit secondary or off-point.

David Simon quotes: The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

The beauty of love is that in giving it away, you are left with more than you had before.

David Simon quotes: There should be no surprise when you come to that hideous moment for which you've spent a lifetime preparing.

There should be no surprise when you come to that hideous moment for which you've spent a lifetime preparing.

David Simon quotes: You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that.

You can't make a good show based on pure verisimilitude, pure anti-drama. But you have to acknowledge a lot of ordinary life. Most TV doesn't do that.

David Simon quotes: Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money ...

Every day, human beings are worth less. That's the triumph of capitalism. The money gets made, and the fewer people we need to make that money ...

David Simon quotes: Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

Genuine inner freedom is the ultimate aim of life. It is the unspoken goal of every thought you have and every action you take.

David Simon quotes: All stress is ultimately related to loss or the fear of loss.

All stress is ultimately related to loss or the fear of loss.

David Simon quotes: To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

To be told you've won a MacArthur fellowship is very flattering and gratifying personally.

David Simon quotes: What drugs haven't destroyed, the war against them has

What drugs haven't destroyed, the war against them has

David Simon quotes: It is the unrepentant worship of statistics that forms the true orthodoxy of any modern police department.

It is the unrepentant worship of statistics that forms the true orthodoxy of any modern police department.

David Simon quotes: Those ... who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.

Those ... who insist that there are some moral limits that they will not violate, are forever surprising themselves.

David Simon quotes: If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?

If a drug dealer falls in West Baltimore and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?

David Simon quotes: A TV show can't hold people and institutions to account like good journalism can.

A TV show can't hold people and institutions to account like good journalism can.

David Simon quotes: The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.

David Simon quotes: Choices are much more practical and small when you're dealing with a real story. It's about execution, it's not about content.

Choices are much more practical and small when you're dealing with a real story. It's about execution, it's not about content.

David Simon quotes: There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies.

There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies.

David Simon quotes: The best # gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, # happier , and more at # peace .

The best # gift we can give in any interaction is to leave people feeling lighter, # happier , and more at # peace .

David Simon quotes: Eventually, someone is going to pick up a brick.

Eventually, someone is going to pick up a brick.

David Simon quotes: It is your birthright to live a life abundant in love. Make the commitment today to open your heart and let your love flow.

It is your birthright to live a life abundant in love. Make the commitment today to open your heart and let your love flow.

David Simon quotes: What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.

What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.

David Simon quotes: Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

Awakening into love is a lifelong path.

David Simon quotes: What drugs have not destroyed, the war on them has

What drugs have not destroyed, the war on them has

David Simon quotes: A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

David Simon quotes: We have no sense of the collective anymore in America. The response to Katrina was proof positive of that.

We have no sense of the collective anymore in America. The response to Katrina was proof positive of that.

David Simon quotes: It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch.

It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch.

David Simon quotes: We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.

We have treated television as if it is not a mass medium, and we have been rewarded in kind.

David Simon quotes: Eating a meal with full awareness can be a powerful, enlightening, and healing experience.

Eating a meal with full awareness can be a powerful, enlightening, and healing experience.