Do you know what Ed Gein said about women?’ […] ‘”When I see a pretty girl walking down the street I think two things.
BRET EASTON ELLISAnd,” Price adds, smiling, “if another round of Bellinis comes within a twenty-foot radius of our table we are going to set the maitre d’ on fire. So you know, warn him.
More Bret Easton Ellis Quotes
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He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn’t seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he’d shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.
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I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.
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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 feel like I’m not smart enough to answer the questions I’m asked.
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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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I could stay living in this city if they just installed Blaupunkts in the cabs.
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One part of me wants to take her out and talk to her and be real nice and sweet and treat her right.”‘ I stop finish my J&B in one swallow. ‘What does the other part of him think?’ Hamlin asks tentatively. ‘What her head would look like on a stick…’
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I tried to make meat loaf out of the girl but it becomes too frustrating a task and instead I spend the afternoon smearing her meat all over the walls, chewing on strips of skin I ripped from her body
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Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
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After a while you learn that everything stops.
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I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.
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She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of evil. She has one more test to pass. Do you own a briefcase?” I ask her, swallowing.
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Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
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I think a lot of snowflakes are alike…and I think a lot of people are alike too.
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Yes. Yes I am. I am a completely demented misogynist.
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