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James Ellroy

"I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective."

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"I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective."

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"Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it."
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"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."
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"As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me."
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