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How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books. (James Ellroy)

You get up in the morning because you might meet a woman. And if you stay at home by yourself, alone, you will not meet a woman.

James Ellroy

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

My mother and I will continue on some level that I havent determined yet. I think my mothers a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.

James Ellroy

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

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

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

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case.

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James Ellroy

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Photo: Mark Coggins from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0

Occupation: American Novelist
Born: March 4, 1948
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: James Ellroy

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