And the only forms of socialism in the world that were then getting results - malign ones, as … - James Ellroy

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The planes of light give you the power to rise above circumstance, the power to rise above your desires and your aversions.

James Ellroy

And the only forms of socialism in the world that were then getting results - malign ones, as it was - were the Fascist and Soviet republics. Fascism is a form of socialism - you rebuild the country, you find a scapegoat, and you go from there.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you're staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It's very simple when you look at it.

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In drying plants, botanists often dry themselves. Dry words and dry facts will not fire hearts.

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