Crime-thriller Quote by James Ellroy Download Open image ““Cherchez la femme, Bucky. Remember that.”” — James Ellroy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime-thriller French Los angeles Noir Noir-fiction Pulp fiction
“The last thing you will always remember is the most important one. A long time ago I told you I did not know for… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
“Ah, mon cher, we are odd, wretched creatures, and if we merely look back over our lives, there’s no lack of occasions to amaze… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“want to see you get hurt, Marylou. Or maybe killed.” “Don’t worry about me, Buck.” — Gene Shelton Copy Share Image
You’re that lady,” Leo said. “The one who was named after Caribbean music.” Her eyes glinted murderously. “Caribbean music.” “Yeah. Reggae?” Leo shook his… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Fear and I played peek-a-boo - it always seemed to grab my balls and twist just when it felt like something inside me could… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
My father actually went to college, and my mother went to nursing school, so, you know. I wouldn't... They were actually too square and… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I've created a narrative of the world. I live in the world - tenuously, most times. I've avoided the digital world. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
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… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
In the time just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when Perfidia opens, we were pre-psychologized. There were no concepts of identity, no politics… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“It all came down to money - the great equalizer and common denominator.” — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“I didn't care who we were. I required no consummation. I knew that whoever we were and whatever we had would never stop.” — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
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?”… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I am a master of fiction. I am also the greatest crime novelist who ever lived. I am to the crime novel in specific… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I don't want to recover from writing this book [The Onion]. I feel very poised. I feel like I'm with my mother for the… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“It was the second time in a row they were expecting us. We’ve got an informer in our group.” Johannes aka ‘BB’ The Informer… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes pointed at… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Proverb: The caterpillar thought the world was ending, then it turned into a butterfly,” — Marian Phair Copy Share Image
“There were three of them in the room now, where only two had first come in. Death was in the room with the two… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Makana stared up at the stars and marvelled at how clear they were out here, so far from human habitation. It was remarkable, just… — Parker Bilal Copy Share Image
“No sun cream or condoms, just in case you’re looking at the lady-boys. There’s plenty of AIDS lingering about and every STD you can… — Simon Palmer Copy Share Image
“Either I’ve got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I’ve grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just then he… — Rw Rivers Copy Share Image
“... it was so reminiscent of the Old West towns in the Cowboy movies him and his dad loved watching together, with it old,… — Duane Ratswander Copy Share Image
“The bullet smashed through the right lens of Winston’s glasses and slammed him back against the lounge wall. Ozzy was expressionless as his old… — Andrew Barrett Copy Share Image
“There are criminals everywhere these days, you know. One might end up missing the police! Who would have thought that possible?” The Maid The… — Steen Langstrup Copy Share Image
