James Ellroy Quotes

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

James Ellroy

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• Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Business
  • Tough
  • Idealist

• Directing is so interesting. You know, it just sort of encompasses everything that you see, that you know, that you've felt, that you have observed.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • You
  • Interesting
  • Know

• For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Writing
  • Universe

• I don't watch any horror films. I get scared very easily.

  

  Ed Oxenbould
  • Scared
  • Horror
  • Watch

• Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.

  

  Dan Harmon
  • People
  • Everyone
  • System

• The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.

  

  Vince Gill
  • People
  • Time
  • Song

• I am so honored to join the company of a roster as celebrated and diverse as Covergirl's. I can't wait to share some of my own beauty tips with fans and work alongside Covergirl to continue empowering girls and women to celebrate their individuality.

  

  Zendaya
  • Work
  • Women
  • Beauty

• I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • Character
  • Think
  • Now

• On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.

  

  Orson Pratt
  • Day
  • Hands
  • December

• The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.

  

  Pat Metheny
  • People
  • Beauty
  • Jazz

• Building stuff. Lifting blocks. That's how I got stronger. I never lifted weights. I just did masonry work with my pops.

  

  J. R. Smith
  • Work
  • Building
  • Stronger

• A pen is to me as a beak is to a hen.

  

  J. R. R. Tolkien
  • Me
  • Pen
  • Hen

• Tests conducted before I graduated predicted a future for me in journalism, forestry, or the teaching of music; persons who know me well could recognize some truth in those seemingly errant prognoses.

  

  J. Michael Bishop
  • Music
  • Truth
  • Future

• Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

  

  Barry Pepper
  • Prison
  • Directors
  • Guard

• It sometimes makes people feel better about themselves, you know, to put other people down, or make fun of them, or maybe make mockery of their work and that doesn't make me feel good at all.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I was raised in a very sheltered, narrow environment.

  

  Faye Wattleton
  • Environment
  • I Was Raised

• The fans make the person a star.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Star
  • Person
  • Fans

• I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.

  

  Sarah Monette
  • Words
  • Praying

• He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.

  

  John Lennon The Beatles
  • God
  • Ocean
  • Bones

• I've had a fantastic life so far; I'm lucky. I'd like the great role that changes everything, but at the moment, what's important is being happy in myself.

  

  Max Beesley Incognito
  • Life
  • Great
  • Important

• I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

  

  Michael Nutter
  • Running
  • Challenging
  • Status

• We start a lot with melodies and instrumentation and trying to figure out good melodies for verses and choruses. We get to lyrics sometimes second, so we'll start humming a melody, finding something, and see where the music takes you as far as lyrics are and what you want to say and go from there.

  

  Dave Haywood Lady Antebellum
  • Good
  • Music
  • Trying

• Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

  

  James Ellroy