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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

American Author

Born: Mar 7, 1964

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Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. Bret Easton Ellis

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If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically. Bret Easton Ellis

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Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility. Bret Easton Ellis

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I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast. Bret Easton Ellis

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Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control. Bret Easton Ellis

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I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. Bret Easton Ellis

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I don't know why I write what I write. Bret Easton Ellis

Write Know Why

All of my books come from pain. Bret Easton Ellis

Pain Books Come

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it. Bret Easton Ellis

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Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him. Bret Easton Ellis

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