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James Ellroy Quotes

James Ellroy quotes

American Writer March 4, 1948

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The left one's the hospital, the right one's death. The right one steals your life while the left steals your breath. These hands are bad juju and the bad boogaloo, they're the teeth of the demon as he slides down the flue. James Ellroy
I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross..."
I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart...."
Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA..."
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general..."
I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life. James Ellroy
Where’s your sketch pad?” I asked. … “I gave that up,” Kay said. “I wasn’t very good, so I changed my major.” “To what?” “To pre-med, then psychology, then English lit, then history.” “I like a woman who knows what she wants.” Kay smiled. “So do I, but I don’t know any. James Ellroy
Dear FB Friends, Fuck Facebook!!!!!? It has proven to be worthless as a book-selling device, and is nothing but a repository for perverts, reparation-seekers, old buddies looking for handouts, syphillitic ex-girlfriends looking for extra-curricular schlong and hack writers begging for blurbs. James Ellroy
My dad was always snoozing on the couch, like Dagwood Bumstead. He was a lazy motherfucker. God bless him. He was always working on some kind of get-rich-quick scheme. This is what my dad was like: I'd say, Hey, Dad, we studied penguins today in school. He'd say, Yeah? I'm a penguin fucker from way back. Dad, I saw a giraffe at the zoo today. Yeah? I'm a giraffe fucker from way back. That's my dad. My dad was a giraffe fucker. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I..."
I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. James Ellroy
The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case. James Ellroy
My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I..."
To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning. James Ellroy
As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years. James Ellroy
Jimmy Hoffa said, “I know how Jesus must have felt. The fucking pharaohs rose to power on his coattails like the fucking Kennedy brothers are rising on mine.” Heshie Ryskind said, “Get your history straight. It was Julius Caesar that did Jesus in. James Ellroy

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