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James Ellroy Quotes

I have a very intense marriage Picture Quote #1

Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write Picture Quote #1

Call me Dudley. We’re of equal rank. I’m older, but you’re far better looking. I can tell we’re going to be grand partners Picture Quote #1

You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff Picture Quote #1

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I’ve been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books Picture Quote #1

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial radio broadcaster] Father Coughlin and [racist and anti-Semitic agitator and founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade] Gerald L.K. Smith started out as share-the-wealth socialists Picture Quote #1

[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there’s a lot of bad writing there. I don’t think he knew much about people Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I haven’t been to a movie in a year and a half Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I have insane curiosity as to what happened in all these events. I will never know. I’m not a researcher. I don’t possess that kind of mind. I have a researcher who compiles the fact sheets and chronologies that allow me to write these big books of mine Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I came out of anybody. I think I developed out of the influences I described in My Dark Places. American history, L.A. of the 1950s. I’m comfortable with that Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity, no politics of victimization. Reparation wasn’t in the language. Nobody thought about giving the great grandchildren of black slaves so much as $1.98. And all of a sudden the bombs hit, interventionism versus isolationism became a dead issue, and it was us-versus-them in a heartbeat Picture Quote #1

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There are a lot of Ellroy lifts, man. This guy went to school. But then there’s a willful thing that comes over me - God gives it to me - where I go, That’s real nice, let’s just go home, pat yourself on the back, good dog, good dog, and wake up in the morning and go to work Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

And the only forms of socialism in the world that were then getting results - malign ones, as it was - were the Fascist and Soviet republics. Fascism is a form of socialism - you rebuild the country, you find a scapegoat, and you go from there Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I’ve created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I’ve avoided the digital world Picture Quote #1

I don’t have children. I serve the world and I serve God by living as deep within my work as I can, reveling in the language of other times and putting it forth for the world Picture Quote #1

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I work within the framework of a very concerted, purely driven Protestant Christian mindset. I had dark early circumstances. I went inward. I have a sturdy will. I have a big heart. I’m a decent guy. And I have a great gift. It’s blunted me to the world in many ways Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers Picture Quote #1

Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers Picture Quote #1

L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation Picture Quote #1

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger Picture Quote #1

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I have a very intense marriage (James Ellroy Quotes) Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write. (James Ellroy Quotes) Call me Dudley. We’re of equal rank. I’m older, but you’re far better looking. I can tell we’re going to be grand partners. (James Ellroy Quotes) You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial radio broadcaster] Father Coughlin and [racist and anti-Semitic agitator and founder of the Christian Nationalist Crusade] Gerald L.K. Smith started out as share-the-wealth socialists. (James Ellroy Quotes) [Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there’s a lot of bad writing there. I don’t think he knew much about people. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I haven’t been to a movie in a year and a half (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I have insane curiosity as to what happened in all these events. I will never know. I’m not a researcher. I don’t possess that kind of mind. I have a researcher who compiles the fact sheets and chronologies that allow me to write these big books of mine. (James Ellroy Quotes) I don’t think I came out of anybody. I think I developed out of the influences I described in My Dark Places. American history, L.A. of the 1950s. I’m comfortable with that. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity, no politics of victimization. Reparation wasn’t in the language. Nobody thought about giving the great grandchildren of black slaves so much as $1.98. And all of a sudden the bombs hit, interventionism versus isolationism became a dead issue, and it was us-versus-them in a heartbeat. (James Ellroy Quotes) There are a lot of Ellroy lifts, man. This guy went to school. But then there’s a willful thing that comes over me - God gives it to me - where I go, That’s real nice, let’s just go home, pat yourself on the back, good dog, good dog, and wake up in the morning and go to work. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) And the only forms of socialism in the world that were then getting results - malign ones, as it was - were the Fascist and Soviet republics. Fascism is a form of socialism - you rebuild the country, you find a scapegoat, and you go from there. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I’ve created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I’ve avoided the digital world. (James Ellroy Quotes) I don’t have children. I serve the world and I serve God by living as deep within my work as I can, reveling in the language of other times and putting it forth for the world. (James Ellroy Quotes) I work within the framework of a very concerted, purely driven Protestant Christian mindset. I had dark early circumstances. I went inward. I have a sturdy will. I have a big heart. I’m a decent guy. And I have a great gift. It’s blunted me to the world in many ways. (James Ellroy Quotes) 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 Quotes) I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers (James Ellroy Quotes) Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers (James Ellroy Quotes) L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation (James Ellroy Quotes) Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger (James Ellroy Quotes)

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