Bret Easton Ellis Quotes

United States, Author
March 7, 1964

Bret Easton Ellis is an American author, screenwriter, and short story writer. At the age of 21 he had wrote his first novel Less Than Zero (1985), which became a bestseller. His third novel, American Psycho (1991) was his most successful. Four of Ellis's works have been made into films.

Also known as Screenwriter

I think basically most men are misogynistic.

Bret Easton Ellis
- Men
Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.

Bret Easton Ellis
- Time
- Book
I don't know why I write what I write.

Bret Easton Ellis
- Why
When I was bullied: you manned-up. You learned something. You realized: I'm not getting the gold star. You realized: you lose. Deal with it.

Bret Easton Ellis
- Up
- Star
- Gold
The stars are real.The future is that mountain.

Bret Easton Ellis
- Real
- Future
- Mountain
'I hear today's college women are 'prodigious.'''Prodigious? Is that what you heard?''Well, I read it in a magazine. It was something I wanted to believe.''The Jayster. Always a dreamer.'

Bret Easton Ellis
- Believe
- Women
- Today