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If you want to find out the purpose of life, you need to look beyond the limitations of body and mind.

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James Ellroy

Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.

Cat, Cats, Dog, Scratch, Write, Writing

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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

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If you want to find out the purpose of life, you need to look beyond the limitations of body and mind.

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