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BRET EASTON ELLISSo…” Kimball looks at his book helplessly. “There’s nothing you can tell me about Paul Owen?” “Well.” I sigh. “He led what I suppose was an orderly life, I guess. “ Really stumped, I offer, “He…ate a balanced diet.
More Bret Easton Ellis Quotes
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Women aren’t very bright,” Rip says. “Studies have been done.
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Hello, Halberstam,” Owen says, walking by. Hello, Owen,” I say, admiring the way he’s styled and slicked back his hair, with a part so even and sharp it…
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What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.
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What else is there to do in college except drink beer or slit one’s wrists?
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No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.
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People are afraid to merge.
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I’m not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he’s not in the mood and doesn’t feel the juice. I don’t think discipline equals creativity.
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I could stay living in this city if they just installed Blaupunkts in the cabs.
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I come to a red light, tempted to go through it, then stop once I see a billboard sign that I don’t remember seeing and I look up at it.
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The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won’t burn together, I’ll burn alone.
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And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn’t matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst
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Fear never shows up and the party ends early.
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It’s like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful, like Mom just trying to make the best of things.
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I’ve been accused of being very vain about my apathy.
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Why was I holding on to something that would never be mine? But isn’t that what people do?
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