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“If I wanted to make money I would have written another novel.”

Quote by James Ellroy

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James Ellroy, born on March 4, 1948, is a renowned crime fiction writer from the United States. His works, set against the backdrop of Los Angeles, delve into the historical and criminal issues of American society, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

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“The 250-page outline for American Tabloid. The books are so dense. They're so complex, you cannot write like I write off the top of your head. It's the combination of that meticulousness and the power of the prose and, I think, the depth of the characterizations and the risks that I've taken with language that give the books their clout. And that's where I get pissed off at a lot of my younger readers.”

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“I got a woman I'm loyal to above all things, above my career. She's profound to me. I'm quiet. I live in Kansas City. I work.”

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“I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work. I think. I listen to classical music. I brood. I like sports cars.”

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“I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies.”

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“My guys are morally weak, and they reach toward a tenuous knowledge of self-sacrifice, and sometimes it's too late. I find that moving. It's not a life I'd want to live. But, then, I'm not completely my books.”

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“I needed to address that I've had some profound moral shifts in my own life.”

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“I cleaned up. I quit drinking, I quit doing drugs, I quit stealing, I quit breaking into houses, I tried to quit being a bad human being. I developed a conscience later in life than many. I call it the lost-time-regained dynamic.”

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“Joe Wambaugh's a friend. I know him only casually, but I like him a lot. I think he likes my books.”

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“[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there's a lot of bad writing there. I don't think he knew much about people.”

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“I think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid.”

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