What did James Ellroy mean by: As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn’t move me. James Ellroy Author Copy
Anybody who doesn’t know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Corruption, Cynicism, Power, 0 James Ellroy Author
Dead people belong to the live people who claim them most obsessively. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Death, Obsession, Possession, 0 James Ellroy Author
I’m trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I’ve done things nobody else has done. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Passion, Self-improvement, Uniqueness, 0 James Ellroy Author
I’m getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Demographics, Popularity, 0 James Ellroy Author
I almost had an intransigent mental spirit. I always wanted things. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Ambition, Desire, Persistence, 0 James Ellroy Author
+ I learn things late-and only the hard way. Author, June 10, 2023January 2, 2025, James Ellroy, Experience, Growth, Learning, 0 James Ellroy Author
We do. Or re-create the ones we have, and project. My whole life is projection. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Identity, Introspection, Perception, 0 James Ellroy Author
I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Ellroy, Characterization, Inspiration, Plot, 0 James Ellroy Author
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The greatest part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Jean Genet Playwright · France
Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher · Germany
