[Raymond] Chandler, I reread him, and there's a lot of bad writing there. I don't think he knew much about people.
James EllroyI'd never been interested in the Kennedy assassination until '88, when I read Libra. And from that point, I went out and bought the existing Kennedy theory books, most of which are outlandish. But what DeLillo posits - some rogue CIA guys - is the most dramatically sound, plausible explanation for it.
James EllroyRaymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it.
James EllroyYou're grounded!!!! You can't go out and prowl the L.A. streets. You've got to do something more edifying, emboldening and altogether more groovy. You gots to stay home tonite and read a good book!!!!!!!!!!
James Ellroy