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Fear never shows up and the party ends early.
Bret Easton Ellis
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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.
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I kept staring into the blackness of the woods, drawn into the darkness as I always had been. I suddenly realized how alone I was. (But this is how you travel, the wind whispered back, this is how you've always lived.)
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It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.
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I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.
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I feel I'm moving toward as well as away from something, and anything is possible.
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Not being able to find meaning can be just as powerful as finding meaning.
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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.
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My pain is constant and sharp...this confession has meant nothing
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She sits before me, sullen but hopeful, characterless, about to dissolve into tears. I squeeze her hand back, moved, no, touched by her ignorance of evil. She has one more test to pass. Do you own a briefcase?” I ask her, swallowing.
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There’s no use in denying it: this has been a bad week. I’ve started drinking my own urine.
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My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.
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Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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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.
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I'm into, oh murders and executions mostly. It depends.
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