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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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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
Executive Producer
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Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.
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I've forgotten who I had lunch with earlier, and even more important, where.
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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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Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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but I don't want to wear a condom because I don't feel anything, and she says calmly... glaring at me,If you don't use one you're not going to feel anything anyway.
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Not being able to find meaning can be just as powerful as finding meaning.
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