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I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.

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Bret Easton Ellis
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 7
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I wasn't acting on passion. I was simply acting.
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At Columbus Circle, a juggler wearing a trench cloak and top hat, who is usually at this location afternoons and who calls himself Stretch Man, performs in front of a small, uninterested crowd though I smell prey, and he seems worthy of my wrath, I move on in search of a less dorky target. Though if he'd been a mime, odds are he'd already be dead.
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The seeds of love have taken hold and if we won't burn together, I'll burn alone.
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And as things fell apart, nobody paid much attention
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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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Disintegration---I'm taking it in stride.
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I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he's not in the mood and doesn't feel the juice. I don't think discipline equals creativity.
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But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him. “That doesn't matter.” “What does?” I asked, after a little while. “Just that we're on it, dude,” he said.
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Not being able to find meaning can be just as powerful as finding meaning.
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Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.
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The snowy owl has eyes that look just like mine, especially when it widens them. And while I stand there, staring at it, lowering my sunglasses, something unspoken passes between me and the bird - there's this weird kind of tension, a bizarre pressure, that fuels the following, which starts, happens, ends, very quickly.
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Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
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After a while you learn that everything stops.
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He was simply someone who floated through our lives and didn't seem to care how flatly he perceived everyone or that he'd shared our secret failures with the world, showcasing the youthful indifference, the gleaming nihilism, glamorizing the horror of it all.
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Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
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No one will ever know anyone. We just have to deal with each other. You're not ever gonna know me.
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The better you look, the more you see.
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Disappear Here. The syringe fills with blood. You're a beautiful boy and that's all that matters. Wonder if he's for sale. People are afraid to merge. To merge.
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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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