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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I just aspire to pick people up. That's my ambition.
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I have more time to work; I just do. Because once your kids are up and running, that frees you up a good 20, 30, hours a week.
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I grew up very heavily involved in a United Methodist Youth organization. I grew up going to church camp for years. I ministered, and country music stole me away. It was just where my heart wound up. It's what I wanted to do.
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I just typed up three, four paragraphs of an idea and dropped it in a box at the Chicago Comic Con in the summer of 2000, I guess, or 2001 - I forget. I just dropped it on a stack of a giant pile of dozens of other entries. Months later, I was thrilled to get a call from a Marvel editor while I was working my crappy day-job.
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I always strive for freedom: freedom of thought and expression.
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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.
