8 Quotes & Sayings By James Ellroy

James Ellroy was born in 1949 in Los Angeles, California. He is the author of ten novels, two books of short stories, and many plays and screenplays. His first novel, The Black Dahlia, won the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Novel and his second novel L.A. Confidential was nominated for an Academy Award Read more

His work has been translated into twenty-six languages and has sold over twenty million copies worldwide. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts and holds a master's degree from UCLA. Ellroy has taught at various universities and colleges, including the University of Southern California, UCLA, Chapman University, and Loyola Marymount University.

Ellroy also writes jazz criticism for various publications and is a contributing editor for Blackbook magazine.

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There's a kid or some kids somewhere. I'll never know them. They're particle-puzzle-cubing right now. They might be mini-misanthropes from Moosefart, Montana. They might be demi-dystopians from Dogdick, Delaware. They dig my demonic dramas. The metaphysic maims them. They grasp the gravity. They'll duke it out with their demons. They'll serve a surfeit of survival skills. They won't be chronologically crucified. They'll shore up my shit. They'll radically revise it. They'll pass it along. James Ellroy
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Some of them screamed. Some of them wept. Some of them grinned like LSD was a blast. A case officer said John Stanton hatched the idea - lets flood Cuba with this shit before we invade. Langley co-signed the brainstorm. Langley embellished it: Let's induce mass hallucinations and stage the second coming of Christ! ! ! ! Langley found some suicidal actors. Langley dolled them up to look like J.C. Langley had them set to pre-invade Cuba concurrent with the dope saturation. Peter howled. The case officer said, 'It's not funny.' A drug-zorched peon whipped out his wang and jacked off. . James Ellroy
To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's...
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To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning. James Ellroy
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Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man. James Ellroy
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Don't make a career out of underestimating me." – Claire de Haven James Ellroy
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Blue eyes so light that it looked like she sent them out to be bleached James Ellroy
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My dad was always snoozing on the couch, like Dagwood Bumstead. He was a lazy motherfucker. God bless him. He was always working on some kind of get-rich-quick scheme. This is what my dad was like: I'd say, Hey, Dad, we studied penguins today in school. He'd say, Yeah? I'm a penguin fucker from way back. Dad, I saw a giraffe at the zoo today. Yeah? I'm a giraffe fucker from way back. That's my dad. My dad was a giraffe fucker. . James Ellroy