Author: James Ellroy

Quotes

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

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.

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.

- 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

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

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

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'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

I have a very intense marriage.

I have a very intense marriage.

- James Ellroy

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life.

- James Ellroy

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