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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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.
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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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I often shoot with scissors in my eyes.
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Where Americans might coo over a child's most inane remark to boost his confidence, middle-class French parents teach their kids to be concise and amusing, to keep everyone listening.
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A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. Then I'd go down to the East Village and stroll around. After that, maybe I'd go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika.
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We can never be satisfied until we know our children can grow up in a safe and prosperous America.
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My deal is you start as far to the right as you can get, and go to the conference committee with the Senate, and hopefully end up with something you can live with.
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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.
