What did James Ellroy mean by: Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write. - James Ellroy Author Copy
+ How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Book, Writing, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ Closure is a preposterous concept worthy of the worst aspects of American daytime TV. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Aspect, Closure, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ And you love to read, you love to escape, right? Feraz Zeid, September 18, 2023December 24, 2023, James Ellroy, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ I learn things late-and only the hard way. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, James Ellroy, Late, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ I’m getting a wider circle of fans now. More women, more middle class people. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Circles, Class, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ It’s all sex for me. Politics is sex. Race is sex. It’s the novel. It’s the novel! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Novel, Race, Sex, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ I think I’m out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Fiction, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ There’s none with me, although you’ve seen me before – I’m outrageous. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Outrageous, 0 - James Ellroy Author
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified. - Maxwell Perkins Editor · USA
