Quotes from book
Glamorama

Name: Glamorama
Author: Bret Easton Ellis

Glamorama is a 1998 novel by American writer Bret Easton Ellis. Glamorama is set in and satirizes the 1990s, specifically celebrity culture and consumerism. Time describes the novel as "a screed against models and celebrity."

“The better you look, the more you see.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Source: Glamorama

“Specks—specks all over the third panel, see?—no, that one—the second one up from the floor and I wanted to point this out to someone yesterday but a photo shoot intervened and Yaki Nakamari or whatever the hell the designer's name is—a master craftsman not—mistook me for someone else so I couldn't register the complaint, but, gentlemen—and ladies—there they are: specks, annoying, tiny specks, and they don't look accidental but like they were somehow done by a machine—so I don't want a lot of description, just the story, streamlined, no frills, the lowdown: who, what, where, when and don't leave out why, though I'm getting the distinct impression by the looks on your sorry faces that why won't get answered—now, come on, goddamnit, what's the story?”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“She staggers over to the bathroom door and grabs the edge of it to balance herself and blood starts running down her legs in thin rivulets and when she lifts up the robe we both can see her underwear soaked with blood and she pulls it off, panicking, and suddenly a huge gush of blood expels itself from beneath the robe, splashing all over the bathroom floor.She gasps, a thick noise comes out of her throat and she doubles over, grabbing her stomach, then she screams. Looking surprised and still clutching her stomach, she vomits will staggering backwards, collapsing onto the bathroom floor. There are strands of tissue hanging out of her.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“I just had my makeup done, so you can't make me cry.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“I'm Christian Bale", Russel, says, taking [her hand].
"Oh right," she says. "Yeah, I thought I recognized you. You're the actor.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“As a general rule you shouldn't expect too much from people darling,' and then I kiss her on the cheek.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“The stars are real.
The future is that mountain.”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

“We'll slide down the surface of things…”

Bret Easton Ellis book Glamorama

Glamorama (1998)

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