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title: "12 Way Quotes By Bret Easton Ellis"
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> [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/)

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> [It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/it-s-the-rare-book-that-s-able-to-transport-you-in-a-way-that-a-movie/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [Look how black the sky is, the writer said. I made it that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/look-how-black-the-sky-is-the-writer-said-i-made-it-that-way/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [I do tend to look at my books in many ways as conceptual fiction, even to the point where I think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-do-tend-to-look-at-my-books-in-many-ways-as-conceptual-fiction-even/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-like-the-idea-of-a-writer-being-haunted-by-his-own-creation/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [I think the '80s created me, in a way, when I look back on that time, but I don't necessarily think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/i-think-the-80s-created-me-in-a-way-when-i-look-back-on-that-time-but/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [If you come at movies with your own sense of morality and not your own sense of aesthetics, I think you're screwed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/if-you-come-at-movies-with-your-own-sense-of-morality-and-not-your/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/bret-easton-ellis-1028_aesthetics_if-you-come-at-movies-with-your-own-sens_268611.jpg)

> [You don't market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It's a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/you-don-t-market-research-a-novel-you-really-are-writing-it-for/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [It's because you're always fighting sentiment. You're fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/it-s-because-you-re-always-fighting-sentiment-you-re-fighting/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/how-could-she-ever-understand-that-there-isn-t-any-way-could-be/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [A great numb feeling washes over me as I let go of the past and look forward to the future. Pretend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/a-great-numb-feeling-washes-over-me-as-i-let-go-of-the-past-and-look/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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> [Hello, Halberstam," Owen says, walking by. Hello, Owen," I say, admiring the way he's styled and slicked back his hair, with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/hello-halberstam-owen-says-walking-by-hello-owen-i-say-admiring-the/)

[Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/)

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## Other authors on Way

## 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/)

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