James Ellroy Quotes

“Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.”

James Ellroy

“America was never innocent. We popped our cherry on the boat over and looked back with no regrets. You can't ascribe our fall from grace to any single event or set of circumstances. You can't lose what you lacked at conception.”

James Ellroy

“To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.”

James Ellroy

“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.”

James Ellroy L.A. Confidential

Source: L.A. Confidential

“It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one.”

James Ellroy

“Some people don’t respond to civility.”

James Ellroy book The Black Dahlia

Source: The Black Dahlia