You try to learn who you are. You work hard. You've either got it or you don't when it comes to writing books. And you tend to only get these things if you want them, and want them to the exclusion of everything else.
L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation. - James Ellroy
L.A.: Come on vacation, go home on probation.
- James Ellroy
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime. - James Ellroy
I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV. - James Ellroy
Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV.
I learn things late-and only the hard way. - James Ellroy
I learn things late-and only the hard way.
The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and co… - James Ellroy
The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and co…
I always cringe when a male friend of mine, who's very fixated on women, puts "compatibility" at the top of his list of attributes that he would be l… - James Ellroy
I always cringe when a male friend of mine, who's very fixated on women, puts "compatibility" at the top of his list of attributes that he would be l…
Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively. - James Ellroy
Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively.
Some people don’t respond to civility. - James Ellroy
Some people don’t respond to civility.
How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books. - James Ellroy
How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books.
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