Best Quotes by James Ellroy (Top 10)

  1. Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.
  2. To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.
  3. Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy the blood on your conscience.
  4. Tell me anything. Tell me everything. Revoke our time apart. Love me fierce in danger.
  5. I learn things late-and only the hard way.
  6. Some people don't respond to civility.
  7. I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.
  8. I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.
  9. Our shared world is humanly unquantifiable and ideologically confused. Which one of them is capable of implementing the most recognizable harm or good?
  10. The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff...