All James Ellroy Quotes
- It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one. Easy
- America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace… America
- To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning. Bed
- She quoted a dead playwright and called me a bullet with nothing but a future. She understood my lack of self-pity. She knew why I… Bullet
- Our shared world is humanly unquantifiable and ideologically confused. Which one of them is capable of implementing the most recognizable harm or good? Capable
- Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively. Belong
- Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy… Arizona
- I learn things late-and only the hard way. Funny
- Where’s your sketch pad?” I asked. … “I gave that up,” Kay said. “I wasn’t very good, so I changed my major.” “To what?” “To… Any
- Some people don’t respond to civility. Civility
- Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger. Anything Tell
- I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity. Bad
- I have a very intense marriage. Intense
- I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half. Been
- I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want to hear that I'm basically a reasonable human being. As… Continue
- I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life. Approach