Bret Easton Ellis quotes - page 4

I think we've all lost some kind of feeling. (Bret Easton Ellis)

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

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Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

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Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

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I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

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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.

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Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.

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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.

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I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

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I think basically most men are misogynistic.

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

I don't know why I write what I write.

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

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It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place.

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ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE.

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I only had sex with her because I'm in love with you.

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This is not an exit.

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And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there.

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This is true: the world is better off with some people gone. Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is crock. Some people truly do not need to be here.

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I didn't think anyone outside of LA would read Less Than Zero. I thought The Rules of Attraction would be a huge hit. I assumed people would react to American Psycho as a comedy. I thought I showcased some of my best writing in The Informers.

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It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does. (Bret Easton Ellis)

Hope E. L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.

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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.

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Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.

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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.

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Bret Easton Ellis

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Photo: Mark Coggins from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0

Occupation: American Author
Born: March 7, 1964
Quotes count: 104
Wikipedia: Bret Easton Ellis

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