To Be Told You've Won A Macarthur

Healing Is The Process Of Reestablishing The Integration Between Body, Mind, And Spirit, Creating Opportunities For The Return Of The Memory Of Wholeness.

Homicide Is The Major Leagues, The Center Ring, The Show. It Always Has Been ... It Goes Beyond Academic Degrees, Specialized Training Or Book Learning, Because All The Theory In The World Means Nothing If You Can't Read The Street.

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.

Baltimore's Often Called The Most Northern Southern Town. It Has A Distinct Essence. It's Definitely Post-industrial, Definitely Rust Belt, Very Working-class. I Grew Up Outside Of Washington, And I Felt I Was Moving To A Completely Different Place When I Moved 30 Miles North Out Of College.

America Is A Country That Is Now Utterly Divided When It Comes To Its Society, Its Economy, Its Politics. There Are Definitely Two Americas. I Live In One, On One Block In Baltimore That Is Part Of The Viable America, The America That Is Connected To Its Own Economy, Where There Is A Plausible Future For The People Born Into It.