What did James Ellroy mean by: Joe Wambaugh’s a friend. I know him only casually, but I like him a lot. I think he likes my books. - James Ellroy Author Copy
+ I needed to address that I’ve had some profound moral shifts in my own life. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Moral, Profound, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ To me, there’s nothing on earth other than women. It’s why I get out of bed every morning. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Bed, Earth, Morning, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Males, Self, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Buzz, Rocks, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ Anybody who doesn’t know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Crime, Screws, 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’m trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I’ve done things nobody else has done. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Ellroy, Book, 0 - James Ellroy Author
+ And you love to read, you love to escape, right? Feraz Zeid, June 13, 2023December 12, 2023, James Ellroy, 0 - James Ellroy Author
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China