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Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Haven't we outgrown all this tired irony? Weren't we supposed to give up acting twenty-two forever? Haven't we outgrown all this tired irony? Weren't we supposed to give up acting twenty-two forever?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track. The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I needed somethingthe distraction of another lifeto alleviate fear. I needed something
the distraction of another life
to alleviate fear.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: It was always the A booth. It was always the front seat of the roller coaster. It was never Let's not get the bottle of Cristal. It was always the A booth. It was always the front seat of the roller coaster. It was never Let's not get the bottle of Cristal.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Nothing. Nothing makes me happy. I like nothing, I tell her. Nothing. Nothing makes me happy. I like nothing, I tell her.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels. I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You are a fucking ugly bitch I want to stab to death and play around with your blood, but I'm smiling. You are a fucking ugly bitch I want to stab to death and play around with your blood, but I'm smiling.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever. Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Suddenly I'm seized by a minor anxiety attack. There are too many fucking movies to choose from. Suddenly I'm seized by a minor anxiety attack. There are too many fucking movies to choose from.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I think basically most men are misogynistic. I think basically most men are misogynistic.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: The Grinch says leave! The Grinch says leave!
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: It's a world where getting stoned is the only option. It's a world where getting stoned is the only option.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: General competence is on the fucking decline. General competence is on the fucking decline.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place. I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me. What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I had to put this slim volume back into my bookshelf and drink a J&B on the rocks, followed by two Xanax, to recover from the effort. I had to put this slim volume back into my bookshelf and drink a J&B on the rocks, followed by two Xanax, to recover from the effort.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting. I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I only had sex with her because I'm in love with you. I only had sex with her because I'm in love with you.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Price. You're priceless. Price. You're priceless.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Is that your real name?Does it really matter?It makes me wonder what else is not real. Is that your real name?
Does it really matter?
It makes me wonder what else is not real.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I could stay living in this city if they just installed Blaupunkts in the cabs. I could stay living in this city if they just installed Blaupunkts in the cabs.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: After a while you learn that everything stops. After a while you learn that everything stops.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You should never mistake affection for ... passion," I warn her. "It can be ... not good. It can ... get you into, well, trouble. You should never mistake affection for ... passion," I warn her. "It can be ... not good. It can ... get you into, well, trouble.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I think a lot of snowflakes are alike ... and I think a lot of people are alike too. I think a lot of snowflakes are alike ... and I think a lot of people are alike too.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Yes. Yes I am. I am a completely demented misogynist. Yes. Yes I am. I am a completely demented misogynist.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I feel I'm moving toward as well as away from something, and anything is possible. I feel I'm moving toward as well as away from something, and anything is possible.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment. Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story. Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Lover? se asks, her voice reminding me of someone human. Lover? se asks, her voice reminding me of someone human.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to? How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: 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. 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.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I'd get confused and write down things just to write them down and I came to this realization that I didn't do enough things to keep a datebook. I'd get confused and write down things just to write them down and I came to this realization that I didn't do enough things to keep a datebook.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you. But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me. Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit but look great. All it comes down to is this: I feel like shit but look great.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: From those of us who are left behind: you will be remembered, you were the one I needed, I loved you in my dreams. From those of us who are left behind: you will be remembered, you were the one I needed, I loved you in my dreams.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: But ... what about us? What about the past?" she asks blankly. "The past isn't real. it's just a dream," I say. "Don't mention the past. But ... what about us? What about the past?" she asks blankly.
"The past isn't real. it's just a dream," I say. "Don't mention the past.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Fear never shows up and the party ends early. Fear never shows up and the party ends early.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Akthent on thee latht thyllable. Akthent on thee latht thyllable.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me. Do you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: God, the name Susan is so ugly. It reminds me of the word sinus. God, the name Susan is so ugly. It reminds me of the word sinus.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: How is your father?" she asks disinterestedly. "A contrivance," I mutter. "A plot device. How is your father?" she asks disinterestedly.
"A contrivance," I mutter. "A plot device.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked. I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You're a beautiful boy, Clay, but that's about it. You're a beautiful boy, Clay, but that's about it.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast. I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: The things I could do to you with a coat hanger. The things I could do to you with a coat hanger.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: No I'm not," I whisper to myself. "I'm a fucking evil psychopath. No I'm not," I whisper to myself. "I'm a fucking evil psychopath.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: The polite conversation that carried over from cocktails into dinner was so stifling that it carried a certain ruthlessness, The polite conversation that carried over from cocktails into dinner was so stifling that it carried a certain ruthlessness,
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases I'm tortured by. Open the hood of a car and it will tell you something about the people who designed it, is just one of many phrases I'm tortured by.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You seem happy.I'm almost afraid of how happy I am. You seem happy.
I'm almost afraid of how happy I am.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You can't get dyslexia from pussy. You can't get dyslexia from pussy.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: did another line and believed him because it is easier to move through the motions than not to. did another line and believed him because it is easier to move through the motions than not to.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: My mind reeling with the concept that a human being, a man, could feel pride over sodomizing another man, My mind reeling with the concept that a human being, a man, could feel pride over sodomizing another man,
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: 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. 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.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I guess the consolation is that she's not going to be beautiful forever," he says. "But I'd like to be with her before that happens. I guess the consolation is that she's not going to be beautiful forever," he says. "But I'd like to be with her before that happens.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane? I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: There was something beneath the surface of things. There was something beneath the surface of things.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: History is sinking and only a very few seem dimly aware that things are getting bad. History is sinking and only a very few seem dimly aware that things are getting bad.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I don't know why I write what I write. I don't know why I write what I write.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: All of my books come from pain. All of my books come from pain.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: We buy balloons, we let them go. We buy balloons, we let them go.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Confusion and hopelessness don't necessarily cause a person to act. Confusion and hopelessness don't necessarily cause a person to act.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other. Life is like a typographical error: we're constantly writing and rewriting things over each other.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You learn to move on without the people you love. You learn to move on without the people you love.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Did I do this on purpose? What do you think? Or did I do this accidentally? Did I do this on purpose? What do you think? Or did I do this accidentally?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Everything suddenly seems displaced, subtle gradations erase borders, but it's more forceful than that. Everything suddenly seems displaced, subtle gradations erase borders, but it's more forceful than that.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I'm into, oh murders and executions mostly. It depends. I'm into, oh murders and executions mostly. It depends.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists? What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one's wrists?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You can disappear here without knowing it. You can disappear here without knowing it.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: You have neither the clout nor the experience to make a threat like that, Victor. You have neither the clout nor the experience to make a threat like that, Victor.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it. Rock 'n' roll. Deal with it.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters. Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: People are afraid to merge. People are afraid to merge.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I'm having a difficult time containing my disordered self. I'm having a difficult time containing my disordered self.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do? Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn't that what people do?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I convinced myself I hadn't seen anything, ... I had done this many times before ... I was adept at erasing reality. I convinced myself I hadn't seen anything, ... I had done this many times before ... I was adept at erasing reality.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: By the time you finish reading this sentence, a Boeing jetliner will take off or land somewhere in the world. By the time you finish reading this sentence, a Boeing jetliner will take off or land somewhere in the world.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does. It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone. My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Looking at Tim, one cannot help feeling great waves of uncertainty, an absence of aim, of purpose, as if he is a person who simply doesn't matter. Looking at Tim, one cannot help feeling great waves of uncertainty, an absence of aim, of purpose, as if he is a person who simply doesn't matter.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: What do you want, Patrick?" she sighs."I just want peace, love, friendship, understanding," I say dispassionately. What do you want, Patrick?" she sighs.
"I just want peace, love, friendship, understanding," I say dispassionately.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me. No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: The Smiths are singing and someone says Turn that gay angst music off. The Smiths are singing and someone says Turn that gay angst music off.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: My pain is constant and sharp ... this confession has meant nothing My pain is constant and sharp ... this confession has meant nothing
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: It's because you're always fighting sentiment. You're fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a primal way. It's because you're always fighting sentiment. You're fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a primal way.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I have to return some videos, I have to return some videos,
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: She's simply another girl who has gotten by on her looks - her currency in this world - and it will not be fun to watch her grow old. She's simply another girl who has gotten by on her looks - her currency in this world - and it will not be fun to watch her grow old.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride. Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy. No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: This was sending me out so much further than I had ever expected: a place beyond strength. This was sending me out so much further than I had ever expected: a place beyond strength.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: What keeps me interestedand it always doesis how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality? What keeps me interested
and it always does
is how can she be a bad actress on film but a good one in reality?
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: 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. 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.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I've been accused of being very vain about my apathy. I've been accused of being very vain about my apathy.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I have no patience for revelations, for new beginnings, for events that take place beyond the realm of my immediate vision. I have no patience for revelations, for new beginnings, for events that take place beyond the realm of my immediate vision.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I don't care. I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I don't care.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time. Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.
Bret Easton Ellis quotes: I have to return some videotapes I have to return some videotapes

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