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James Ellroy
James Ellroy
American Writer
Born: Mar 4, 1948
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I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. James Ellroy
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I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. James Ellroy
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I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective. James Ellroy
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As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years. James Ellroy
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Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer. James Ellroy
Book Every Books Killer Exception Written Road Which Viewpoint Serial Cops
I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored. James Ellroy
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Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've expanded on it a great deal, taken it further than any other American novelist. James Ellroy
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I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life. James Ellroy
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I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want to hear that I'm basically a reasonable human being. As long as it continues to get me print, I'll continue to perform in an exuberant manner. James Ellroy
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As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me. James Ellroy
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When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy. James Ellroy
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Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. James Ellroy
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I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half. James Ellroy
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Rock and rollers can get you the youth buzz, and younger people are fanatical readers. James Ellroy
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and refine it. James Ellroy
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