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James Ellroy Quotes

James Ellroy quotes

American Writer March 4, 1948

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Our shared world is humanly unquantifiable and ideologically confused. Which one of them is capable of implementing the most recognizable harm or good? James Ellroy
I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want to hear that I'm basically a reasonable human being. As long as it continues to get me print, I'll continue to perform in an exuberant manner. James Ellroy
America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception. James Ellroy
Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy the blood on your conscience. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the..."
As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me. James Ellroy
She quoted a dead playwright and called me a bullet with nothing but a future. She understood my lack of self-pity. She knew why I despised everything that might restrict my forward momentum. She knew that bullets have no conscience. They speed past things and miss their marks as often as they hit them. James Ellroy
When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy. James Ellroy
Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I am the son of a murdered woman—anybody who'd call my books..."
I am the son of a murdered woman—anybody who'd call my books misogynistic is, frankly, out of their fucking mind. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man."
Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more..."
I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people. James Ellroy
I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored. James Ellroy
We burned down rooms. We knew what everything meant. We understood terror and fury as no one else had. It hurt to be together and hurt more to be apart. Our mouths clashed. Our teeth scraped. Our arms ached from the meld. We knew each other's smells and heard each other's voices and told each other things that no one else ever had. James Ellroy
As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it. James Ellroy
James Ellroy quote: "I have a very intense marriage."
I have a very intense marriage. James Ellroy

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