25 Quotes by David Simons

We're moving very, very fast and furious on that front. In fact, we would hope by (2007) to complete at least five, if not six.

We've got to bring the costs under control. If people run the safest shop they can, it's still a big number. Even small injuries can become six-figure cases if they're not managed well.

We knew going out that it wasn't going to run wild, ... but this is what we wanted to do.

So, too, for reporters who routinely write stories using morgue clippings for background, or who work to catch up on a competitor?s reportage and err by not independently confirming every single detail. So, too, for every columnist who ever used reported material -- either his own newspaper?s or that of another -- as the given terrain on which to maneuver. A lot of people need to be fired, apparently.

This is not one of those situations where we can sit back and say well we've got a study plan and 6 months from now we should be well. How many people are going to die between now and 6 months from now when supposedly that get well date hits?

This guy couldn't shake Baltimore off him if he tried,

They figure they can do what they want to me and this community with impunity.

It's sad when they advertise a detective slot for $9.50 an hour. I pay my babysitter more.

It occurred to me, having written a couple of 600-page tomes, that if you want to say something intricate about something as disorganized, confused, and interconnected as an American city, you want to stay for the whole season on a single story,