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.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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Five sets is a kind of lottery. Anything can happen.
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War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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What is a farm but a mute gospel?
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I think everybody knows my sound because I'm me, you know? But, on your fourth album, I think you've definitely gotta show growth because I definitely don't plan on being one of those cats that fade off. It's always about growing with me; I grew up over the years.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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If we can provide even a few months of early warning for just one pandemic, the benefits will outweigh all the time and energy we're devoting. Imagine preventing health crises, not just responding to them.
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I also like to garden. I grow things, vegetables, flowers... I particularly like orchids. I raise orchids.
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That's just a symbol of how you should deal with a breakup. You can cry for a little bit, eat some ice cream, but I think, after that, it's like, get up, listen to some powerful music and do something that makes you happy, be productive.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.
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Healing rain is a real touch from God. It could be physical healing or emotional or whatever.
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No one remembers how the American people responded day-to-day, week-to-week, or month-to-month about the decisions that Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower made during the most dangerous decades in American and world history. But we know now that they did what was right, and we honor them for it.
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Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.
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The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
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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.
