Exploitation is a harsh word, I know that, but on a certain level, to me that is the central Hollywood story.
Bret Easton EllisDo you wear a diaphragm everywhere you go?' I want to scream, but stop myself because the idea really excites me.
Bret Easton EllisIf 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 EllisIf you start looking at movies on a moral level - "I don't like that, that hurts, that's mean, that's bad" - then I don't even want to talk to you. Or like, someone that says "I don't like science-fiction movies," or "I don't want to sit through a Western," or "I don't like violence in movies," then I completely tune out.
Bret Easton Ellis