Bret Easton Ellis Quotes

All of my books come from pain.
Bret Easton Ellis

Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.
Bret Easton Ellis

Thinking, Him, Happen

Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.
Bret Easton Ellis

Great, Christian, Joke

Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.
Bret Easton Ellis

Time, Book, Feelings

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.
Bret Easton Ellis

Business, Sports, Successful

Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
Bret Easton Ellis

Word, Story, Level

Hope E.L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.
Bret Easton Ellis

Hope, Christian, Dream

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
Bret Easton Ellis

Protect, Legacy

I don't know why I write what I write.
Bret Easton Ellis

I feel like I'm not smart enough to answer the questions I'm asked.
Bret Easton Ellis

Smart, Enough, Questions

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.
Bret Easton Ellis

Book, Idea, Read

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.
Bret Easton Ellis

Problems, General, Issues

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.
Bret Easton Ellis

Life, Time, Emotional

I think basically most men are misogynistic.
Bret Easton Ellis

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.
Bret Easton Ellis

Movies, Thinking, Books

I totally relate to Tom Cruise. He's not crazy, it's just the litany of the mid-life crisis.
Bret Easton Ellis

Crazy, Crisis, Cruise

I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.
Bret Easton Ellis

College, East, Vermont

I'd rather let the fiction speak for itself and I don't want to write fiction that tells people how to feel, and I don't want to be judgmental in the fiction.
Bret Easton Ellis

Speak, Rather, Write

If I want to write a movie, I'll write a screenplay, but if I have an idea for a book, it's something that I think can only be done novelistically.
Bret Easton Ellis

Book, Done, Write

It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.
Bret Easton Ellis

Book, Able, Movie

No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy.
Bret Easton Ellis

Happy, Writing, Feelings

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.
Bret Easton Ellis

Business, Reason, Female

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.
Bret Easton Ellis

Money, Control, Movie

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.
Bret Easton Ellis

Care, Thinking, Why

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
Bret Easton Ellis

Writing, Find, Acting

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Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 7, 1964

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