List of 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.

All I Want To Do Is Make Serious Movies That Explore Social Issues And Turn A Profit, And Slip The Schnitzel To Jane Depugh.

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.

Rock And Rollers Can Get You The Youth Buzz, And Younger People Are Fanatical Readers.

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.

Every One Of My Books Is Written From The Viewpoint Of Cops, With The Exception Of My Book Killer On The Road, Which Is Written From The Viewpoint Of A Serial Killer.

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.

Raymond Chandler Once Wrote That Dashiell Hammett Gave Murder Back To The People Who Really Committed It.

My Mother And I Will Continue On Some Level That I Havent Determined Yet. I Think My Mothers 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.

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.

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.

I'm Getting A Wider Circle Of Fans Now. More Women, More Middle Class People.