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Me Quotes by James Ellroy
- As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me.
- I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this.
- The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey…
- Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've…
- I've been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.
- To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.
- 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…
- Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.
- 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…
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- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
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- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
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