--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Bret Easton Ellis" description: "17 Want quotes by Bret Easton Ellis. Plus more from Bret Easton Ellis and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/bret-easton-ellis-1028_kitchen_i-want-to-take-you-away-from-this-i-say_3142027.jpg" --- > [I want to take you away from this," I say, motioning around the kitchen, spastic. "From sushi and elves and... STUFF.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-want-to-take-you-away-from-this-i-say-motioning-around-the-kitchen/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/bret-easton-ellis-1028_kitchen_i-want-to-take-you-away-from-this-i-say_3142027.jpg) > [but I don't want to wear a condom because I don't feel anything," and she says calmly... glaring at me,"If you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/but-i-don-t-want-to-wear-a-condom-because-i-don-t-feel-anything-and/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f9/bret-easton-ellis-1028_condom_but-i-don-t-want-to-wear-a-condom-becaus_1162837.jpg) > [You really write the books you want to write. You can't take into consideration anything that anybody has said about you in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/you-really-write-the-books-you-want-to-write-you-can-t-take-into/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/bret-easton-ellis-1028_book_you-really-write-the-books-you-want-to-w_3124014.jpg) > [If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/if-i-want-to-write-a-movie-i-ll-write-a-screenplay-but-if-i-have-an/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98f/bret-easton-ellis-1028_book_if-i-want-to-write-a-movie-i-ll-write-a_1729123.jpg) > [I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-don-t-want-to-care-if-i-care-about-things-it-ll-just-be-worse-it-ll/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/bret-easton-ellis-1028_care_i-don-t-want-to-care-if-i-care-about-thi_3063259.jpg) > [what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/what-s-right-if-you-want-something-you-have-the-right-to-take-it-if/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/bret-easton-ellis-1028_right_what-s-right-if-you-want-something-you-h_2844685.jpg) > [Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/do-you-wear-a-diaphragm-everywhere-you-go-i-want-to-scream-but-stop/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df9/bret-easton-ellis-1028_excites_do-you-wear-a-diaphragm-everywhere-you-g_2976268.jpg) > [There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/there-s-no-grand-plan-all-i-know-is-that-i-write-the-books-i-want-to/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/bret-easton-ellis-1028_book_there-s-no-grand-plan-all-i-know-is-that_690003.jpg) > [If you start looking at movies on a moral level - "I don't like that, that hurts, that's mean, that's bad" -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/if-you-start-looking-at-movies-on-a-moral-level-i-don-t-like-that/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ae/bret-easton-ellis-1028_fiction_if-you-start-looking-at-movies-on-a-mora_1244862.jpg) > [ Do you know what Ed Gein said about women?" \[...\] "'When I see a pretty girl walking down the street I think… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/do-you-know-what-ed-gein-said-about-women-when-i-see-a-pretty-girl/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea0/bret-easton-ellis-1028_being-real_do-you-know-what-ed-gein-said-about-wome_2937560.jpg) > [There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/there-are-no-more-barriers-to-cross-all-i-have-in-common-with-the/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f97/bret-easton-ellis-1028_admitting_there-are-no-more-barriers-to-cross-all_2678338.jpg) > [She laughs and looks out the window and I think for a minute that she's going to start to cry. I'm standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/she-laughs-and-looks-out-the-window-and-i-think-for-a-minute-that-she/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/bret-easton-ellis-1028_arms_she-laughs-and-looks-out-the-window-and_2696856.jpg) > [But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/but-this-was-what-happened-when-you-didn-t-want-to-visit-and-confront/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/bret-easton-ellis-1028_confronting_but-this-was-what-happened-when-you-didn_2770797.jpg) > [And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/and-as-the-elevator-descents-passing-the-second-floor-and-the-first/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/565/bret-easton-ellis-1028_descent_and-as-the-elevator-descents-passing-the_389556.jpg) > [Hope E.L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/hope-e-l-james-doesn-t-think-i-m-being-a-prankster-i-really-want-to/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/bret-easton-ellis-1028_books_hope-e-l-james-doesn-t-think-i-m-being-a_192821.jpg) > [I want to moan and writhe with you and I want to go up to you and kiss your mouth and pull…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-want-to-moan-and-writhe-with-you-and-i-want-to-go-up-to-you-and/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/bret-easton-ellis-1028_i-want-you_i-want-to-moan-and-writhe-with-you-and-i_453158.jpg) > [I'd rather let the fiction speak for itself and I don't want to write fiction that tells people how to feel, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-d-rather-let-the-fiction-speak-for-itself-and-i-don-t-want-to-write/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/bret-easton-ellis-1028_feel_i-d-rather-let-the-fiction-speak-for-its_503233.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Bret Easton Ellis > [“he looked at me with such vehemence that I felt like a blip, a fart, in the course of his life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/he-looked-at-me-with-such-vehemence-that-i-felt-like-a-blip-a-fart-in/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“This isn't a script," Julian says. "It's not going to add up. Not everything's going to come together in the third act.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/this-isn-t-a-script-julian-says-it-s-not-going-to-add-up-not/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“I want to watch it again tonight even though I know I won't have enough time to masturbate over the scene where the woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-want-to-watch-it-again-tonight-even-though-i-know-i-won-t-have/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“On my way over to Park Avenue to find a cab I pass an ugly, homeless bum-- a member of the genetic underclass-- and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/on-my-way-over-to-park-avenue-to-find-a-cab-i-pass-an-ugly-homeless/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-ve-forgotten-who-i-had-lunch-with-earlier-and-even-more-important/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/every-book-for-me-is-an-exorcism-in-some-way-or-another-working/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/why-was-i-holding-on-to-something-that-would-never-be-mine-but-isn-t/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won't burn together, I'll burn alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/the-seeds-of-love-have-taken-hold-and-if-we-won-t-burn-together-i-ll/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“It wasn't until the show was almost over that I figured out what it was: the crack above my David Onica that I had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/it-wasn-t-until-the-show-was-almost-over-that-i-figured-out-what-it/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [What do you do?' she asks, holding out the vest. 'What do you do?' 'What do you do?' she asks, her voice shaking. 'Don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/what-do-you-do-she-asks-holding-out-the-vest-what-do-you-do-what-do/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“Sometimes when you’re standing in a crowd I feel those sultry dark eyes of yours stop on me. Are you too afraid to come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/sometimes-when-you-re-standing-in-a-crowd-i-feel-those-sultry-dark/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“Scientists peered into data and concluded that we should all be worried. -Lunar planet”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/scientists-peered-into-data-and-concluded-that-we-should-all-be/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [“You can't get dyslexia from pussy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/you-can-t-get-dyslexia-from-pussy/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/open-the-hood-of-a-car-and-it-will-tell-you-something-about-the/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) > [I kept staring into the blackness of the woods, drawn into the darkness as I always had been. I suddenly realized how alone I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-kept-staring-into-the-blackness-of-the-woods-drawn-into-the/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/bret-easton-ellis/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Bret Easton Ellis", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to take you away from this,\" I say, motioning around the kitchen, spastic. \"From sushi and elves and... 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