335 Quotes by Bret Easton Ellis

And as the elevator descents, passing the second floor, and the first floor, going even father down, I realize that the money doesn’t matter. That all that does is that I want to see the worst.

Price. You’re priceless.

I want to take you away from this,” I say, motioning around the kitchen, spastic. “From sushi and elves and... STUFF.

I feel like I’m not smart enough to answer the questions I’m asked.

I think in life, there are certain choices you make that are timeless and universal, and don’t necessarily have anything to do with the particulars of a certain decade.

I’m really shocked when critics get morally outraged at my fiction because they think I’m condoning what’s going on. I never come in as the author and say, “Hey, okay. I’m interrupting the narrator here. I’m Bret Easton Ellis, and I’m the author.”

Confusion and hopelessness don’t necessarily cause a person to act.

I realize I have nothing to say to Trent Burroughs as I tell him, “I’ve been in New York the last four months.” New Age Christmas music fails to warm up the chilly vibe. I’m suddenly unsure about everything.

It’s because you’re always fighting sentiment. You’re fighting sentimentality all of the time because being a mother alerts you in such a primal way.