Bret Easton Ellis

I laugh maniacally, then

I laugh maniacally, then take a deep breath and touch my chest- expecting a heart to be thumping quickly, impatiently, but there’s nothing there, not even a beat. Bret Easton Ellis

The numbing lists of

The numbing lists of things you were supposed to have as an American to make you happy, which ultimately, of course, don’t. Those aren’t the things that make you happy. Bret Easton Ellis

I think the ’80s created me, in a way, when I look back on that time, but I don’t necessarily think that a lot of my choices, and a lot of things that I did, and a lot of things that happened to me – or I let happen to me – were about that … Read more

I do tend to

I do tend to look at my books in many ways as conceptual fiction, even to the point where I think the author’s photograph is part of the package. And I have gone out of my way to select the photograph to connect to the subject matter of each book. Bret Easton Ellis

I’m really shocked when

I’m really shocked when critics get morally outraged at my fiction because they think I’m condoning what’s going on. I never come in as the author and say, Hey, okay. I’m interrupting the narrator here. I’m Bret Easton Ellis, and I’m the author. Bret Easton Ellis

You really write the

You really write the books you want to write. You can’t take into consideration anything that anybody has said about you in the past, or what they’ll say about you in the future. Bret Easton Ellis

So…” Kimball looks at

So…” Kimball looks at his book helplessly. “There’s nothing you can tell me about Paul Owen?” “Well.” I sigh. “He led what I suppose was an orderly life, I guess. “ Really stumped, I offer, “He…ate a balanced diet. Bret Easton Ellis

I learned that you

I learned that you really don’t have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. 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. As someone who’s just writing scripts, you just kind of have to shrug. I have … Read more

I think the books

I think the books are the books. They were conceived as books. They weren’t conceived as movies. When I write scripts, that’s an idea and a situation that I think is a really good idea for a movie. When I’m writing a book, I’m not thinking, Oh, this would be a great movie. This would … Read more

I like to dissect

I like to dissect girls. Did you know I’m utterly insane? Bret Easton Ellis