I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, I've got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman.
James Ellroy

I haven't been to a movie in a year and a half.
James Ellroy

I have a very intense marriage.
James Ellroy

I want to see these bad, bad, bad, bad men come to grips with their humanity.
James Ellroy

The truth of the matter is, you lose a parent to murder when you're 10 years old, and in fact at the time of the murder you hate your lost parent, my mother in my case.
James Ellroy

My mother and I will continue on some level that I haven't determined yet. I think my mother's a great character, and I have to say that giving my mother to the world has to be the biggest thrill of my writing career.
James Ellroy

I am a writer. I could not afford to take 15 months off from my writing career to play detective.
James Ellroy