I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me and I don't know why. My nightly bloodlust has overflown into my days. I feel lethal, on the verge of frenzy. I think my mask of sanity is about to slip.
Bret Easton EllisBut this road doesn't go anywhere,โ I told him. โThat doesn't matter.โ โWhat does?โ I asked, after a little while. โJust that we're on it, dude,โ he said.
Bret Easton EllisWriting a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.
Bret Easton EllisWriting fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it's not relating in prose what you've been doing for the last two or three years.
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