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

#dudley-smith #l-a-quartet #noir #equality

Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger. ↗

— James Ellroy

#love

As a kid, I sensed history going on all around me, but the basic thrust of it didn't move me. ↗

— James Ellroy

#basic #going #history #i #kid

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. ↗

— James Ellroy

#books #cops #every #exception #killer

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

— James Ellroy

#am #career #could #detective #i

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

— James Ellroy

#anybody #criminals #i #know #make

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

— James Ellroy

#half #haven #i #movie #year

I have a very intense marriage. ↗

— James Ellroy

#intense #marriage #very

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime. ↗

— James Ellroy

#american #american history #brooding #crime #history

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. ↗

— James Ellroy

#acclaim #built #chance #created #critical