“ Future writers hide inside books and snort up the craft by enjoyment. They read and learn structure and style. Their curiosity points them to subject matter. James Ellroy
“ She's good to common folk. They make her feel authentic. She covets their approval in small doses. 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
“ I never knew her in life. She exists for me through others, in evidence of the ways her death drove them James Ellroy
“ Cliché shouters, sloganeers, fashion-conscious pseudoidealists. Locusts attacking social causes with the wrong information and bogus solutions, their one legit gripe--the Sleepy Lagoon case--almost bl… James Ellroy
“ Call me Dudley. We're of equal rank. I'm older, but you're far better looking. I can tell we're going to be grand partners. James Ellroy
“ Looking back, I know that the man possessed no gift of prophecy; he simply worked to assure his own future, while I skated uncertainly toward mine. It was his flat-voiced Cherchez la femme that still… James Ellroy
“ America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose wha… James Ellroy
“ Some of them screamed. Some of them wept. Some of them grinned like LSD was a blast. A case officer said John Stanton hatched the idea - lets flood Cuba with this shit before we invade. Langley co-sig… James Ellroy
