Quotes by James Ellroy

Theres a kid or some kids somewhere. Ill never know them. Theyre particle-puzzle-cubing right now. They might be mini-misanthropes from Moosefart, Montana. They might be demi-dystopians from Dogdick, Delaware. They dig my demonic dramas. The metaphysic maims them. They grasp the gravity. Theyll duke it out with their demons. Theyll serve a surfeit of survival skills. They wont be chronologically crucified.Theyll shore up my shit. Theyll radically revise it. Theyll pass it along.

Some of them screamed. Some of them wept. Some of them grinned like LSD was a blast. A case officer said John Stanton hatched the idea - lets flood Cuba with this shit before we invade. Langley co-signed the brainstorm. Langley embellished it: Lets induce mass hallucinations and stage the second coming of Christ!!!! Langley found some suicidal actors. Langley dolled them up to look like J.C. Langley had them set to pre-invade Cuba concurrent with the dope saturation. Peter howled. The case officer said, Its not funny. A drug-zorched peon whipped out his wang and jacked off.

To me, theres nothing on earth other than women. Its why I get out of bed every morning.

Downtown, a dress for Meg- I do it every time I kill a man.

Dont make a career out of underestimating me. — Claire de Haven

blue eyes so light that it looked like she sent them out to be bleached

My dad was always snoozing on the couch, like Dagwood Bumstead. He was a lazy motherfucker. God bless him. He was always working on some kind of get-rich-quick scheme. This is what my dad was like: Id say, Hey, Dad, we studied penguins today in school. Hed say, Yeah? Im a penguin fucker from way back. Dad, I saw a giraffe at the zoo today. Yeah? Im a giraffe fucker from way back. Thats my dad. My dad was a giraffe fucker.