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Bret Easton Ellis

Bret Easton Ellis

American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director

Lived from: 1964 -

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 7 march 1964

  • 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.
  • All of my books come from pain.
  • I really believe that readers are smart and sophisticated enough to realize that the author is not the narrator of his novels.
  • No one ever likes the right person." ~ Bret Easton Ellis
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  • A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the perfect dad? I shudder at thinking what that may be.
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  • 'As a genereal rule you shouldn't expect too much from people darling,' and then I kiss her on the cheek.
    Glamorama (1998)
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  • All of my books come from pain.
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  • 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.
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  • But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.
    Lunar Park (2010) 204
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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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  • Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.
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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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  • 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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  • Greed is good. Sex is easy. Youth is forever.
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  • 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.
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  • How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to?
    American Psycho (2014) 301
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  • I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
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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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  • I think a lot of snowflakes are alike...and I think a lot of people are alike too.
    American Psycho (2014) 302
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  • I write books to relieve ­myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write.
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  • I've never written an autobiographical novel in my life. I've never touched upon my life. I've never written a single scene that I can say took place.
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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.
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  • It's like my characters, all my men are Dad and me in a mess; all my female characters are smart and hopeful, like Mom just trying to make the best of things.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from Bret Easton Ellis?

The two most famous quotes from Bret Easton Ellis are:

  • "A child should never even think about being a "good son." A parent decides that fate for the child. The parent encourages that. Not the child himself. And the perfect dad? I shudder at thinking what that may be."
  • "'As a genereal rule you shouldn't expect too much from people darling,' and then I kiss her on the cheek."

When did Bret Easton Ellis live?

Bret Easton Ellis was born in 1964.