I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored.
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.
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…
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.
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…
Some people don’t respond to civility. - James Ellroy
Some people don’t respond to civility.
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.
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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