“I think the books are the books. They were conceived as books. They weren't conceived as movies. When I write scripts, that's an idea and a situation that I think is a really good idea for a movie. When I'm writing a book, I'm not thinking, "Oh, this would be a great movie." This would be a very interesting book. And I think the books are things that cannot really be adapted into another medium.” ThinkingWritingBookIdeasWould BeInterestingSituationScriptsMediumsGood IdeasVery InterestingWriting A BookAdaptedInteresting Book Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“...there is an idea of a Patrick Bateman, some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me, only an entity, something illusory, 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.” FeelsKindI CanIdeasRealHandsColdFleshLifestyleShakesEntityAbstractionPsychoGrippingIllusoryReal Me Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.” WantIdeasScream Book:The Rules of Attraction Source: The Rules of Attraction
“I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.” IfsWayIdeasCharacterCreationResent Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“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.” IfsThinkingWantWritingBookIdeasDoneScreenplays Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“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.” PeopleYearsBelieveStillsBookIdeasReadingNo IdeaLos AngelesZeroBelieve In MeIntriguedAmusedLess Than Zero Author:Bret Easton Ellis
