Author: James Ellroy

Quotes

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

- James Ellroy

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

I'm getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people.

- James Ellroy

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

- James Ellroy

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

- James Ellroy

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.

- James Ellroy

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case.

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case.

- James Ellroy

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

- James Ellroy

I have a very intense marriage.

I have a very intense marriage.

- James Ellroy

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

- James Ellroy

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