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James Ellroy

"Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer."

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Donna Grant

"Learning hath gained most by those books by which the printers have lost."

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Donna Grant

"Thanks to bad graphic design, some readers love only the electronic version of some books."

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Donna Grant

"Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all."

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Donna Grant

"It was also a room full of books and made of books. There was no actual furniture; this is to say, the desk and chairs were shaped out of books. It looked as though many of them were frequently referred to, because they lay open with other books used as bookmarks."

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Donna Grant

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."

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Donna Grant

"Books are like a mirror. If an ass looks in, you can't expect an angel to look out."

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Donna Grant

"I was drawn to boxing because I got beat up as a kid. I was the kid with the piano books in a New York neighbourhood."

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Donna Grant

"To paint comic books as childish and illiterate is lazy. A lot of comic books are very literate - unlike most films."

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Donna Grant

"As for collaboration - I have done a lot, 26 books, and found publishers increasingly resistive to them. It's not that the books are bad; editors won't even read them."

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Donna Grant

"You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters."

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

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James Ellroy
"I'm clenched down, I'm locked in on it, which is my general approach to life."

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James Ellroy
"Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer."

Books

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James Ellroy
"Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose."

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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."

Work

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James Ellroy
"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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James Ellroy
"My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career."

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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."

Life

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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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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."

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