Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book … - James Ellroy

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.

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.

Book, Books, Serial Killer, Viewpoints, Written

Same Author Quotes

I don't think I will write anything that could be even remotely considered a genre novel from this point on. I think I've graduated.

Genre, Remotely, Think, Thinking, Writing

I'm trying to be less bombastic. I love my books. I think I've done things nobody else has done.

Book, Books, Done, Think, Thinking, Trying

I don't think I came out of anybody. I think I developed out of the influences I described in My Dark Places. American history, L. A. of the 1950s. I'm comfortable with that.

Came, Dark, History, Influence, Places, Thinking

My guys are morally weak, and they reach toward a tenuous knowledge of self-sacrifice, and sometimes it's too late. I find that moving. It's not a life I'd want to live. But, then, I'm not completely my books.

Book, Guys, Moving, Sacrifice, Toward, Weak

I'm not interested in popular culture. I hate Quentin Tarantino. I rarely go to movies. I hate rock 'n' roll. I work. I think. I listen to classical music. I brood. I like sports cars.

Classical, Culture, Hate, Like, Sports, Thinking