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I think we've all lost some kind of feeling. (Bret Easton Ellis)
Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. View quote
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Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me. View quote
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Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment. View quote
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I do not feel I have a legacy to protect. View quote
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Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him. View quote
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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. View quote
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I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it. View quote
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I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies. View quote
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I think basically most men are misogynistic. View quote
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I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. (Bret Easton Ellis)
I don't know why I write what I write. View quote
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I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast. View quote
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It strikes me profoundly that the world is more often than not a bad and cruel place. View quote
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ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE. View quote
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I only had sex with her because I'm in love with you. View quote
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This is not an exit. View quote
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And though I can hide my cold gaze, and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are probably comparable... I simply am not there. View quote
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This is true: the world is better off with some people gone. Our lives are not all interconnected. That theory is crock. Some people truly do not need to be here. View quote
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I didn't think anyone outside of LA would read Less Than Zero. I thought The Rules of Attraction would be a huge hit. I assumed people would react to American Psycho as a comedy. I thought I showcased some of my best writing in The Informers. View quote
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It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does. (Bret Easton Ellis)
Hope E. L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream. View quote
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If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically. View quote
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Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters. View quote
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Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control. View quote
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