Author Name

I haven’t been to a movie in a year and a half.

Author : James Ellroy

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.

Author : 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.

Author : James Ellroy

I would like to provoke ambiguous responses in my readers.

Author : 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.

Author : James Ellroy

When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy.

Author : James Ellroy

I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don’t want to hear that I’m basically a reasonable human being. As long as it continues to get me print, I’ll continue to perform in an exuberant manner.

Author : James Ellroy

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.

Author : James Ellroy

I’ve been tremendously moved by a bunch of odd books. Ross McDonald is very important to me. I love the Lew Archer books.

Author : James Ellroy

I don’t know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don’t know any criminals.

Author : James Ellroy