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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

Topics: About Being Books Built Literary Movies Sensibility Them Think Thinking Very Were I Think

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

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

~Bret Easton Ellis

Topics: Crazy Crisis Cruise He Just Mid-Life Relate Tom Tom Cruise Totally

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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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Topics: Acting Cocktail Easy Find Hour Method Novel Out Step Writing

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

~Bret Easton Ellis

Topics: Answer Asked Enough Feel Like Questions Smart I Feel I Feel Like

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

~Bret Easton Ellis

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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

Topics: Book Done Idea Movie Only Screenplay Something Think Want Write I Think

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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.

~Bret Easton Ellis

Topics: Aspect Built Business Female Gaze Hitchcock Know Male Medium Really Reason Regardless Scorsese Sensibility Spielberg Things Think I Think

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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

Topics: Am Book Emotional Feel Given Just Life Like My Life Place Sort Time Write Writing I Am I Feel I Feel Like

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

~Bret Easton Ellis

Topics: Coast College East East Coast Stayed Then Vermont

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: March 7th, 1964

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