Bret Easton Ellis

Born :7 March 1964

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Bret Easton Ellis born on 7th March 1964. As of today 7th May 2025 , we have thoughtfully curated a selection of 25 powerful, inspirational, and motivational quotes - carefully handpicked from an extensive archive of life lessons and timeless wisdom. This legendary quote writer was born in american and went on to share won inspiring words with the world, leaving behind a global legacy that transcends borders.

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I think basically most men are misogynistic.

Regardless of the business aspect of things, is there a reason that there isn't a female Hitchcock or a female Scorsese or a female Spielberg? I don't know. I think it's a medium that really is built for the male gaze and for a male sensibility.

I'd rather let the fiction speak for itself and I don't want to write fiction that tells people how to feel, and I don't want to be judgmental in the fiction.

Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control.

If 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.

I think my sensibility is very literary; all my books were built as books, and I wasn't thinking about them being movies.

I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general.

Hope E.L .James doesn't think I'm being a prankster. I really want to adapt her novels for the screen. Christian Grey is a writer's dream.

Completely committed to adapting 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. This is not a joke. Christian Grey and Ana: potentially great cinematic characters.

Are you as much of a criminal if you don't act when there's a crime taking place in front of you as you are one of the participants? That was something that I was thinking about a lot because there are many moments in 'Less Than Zero' where horrific things happen and Clay could do something about them, but his passivity stops him.

Why would I care what other people are thinking? I don't care what an audience thinks of me.

It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.

I went to college in Vermont, and then stayed in the East Coast.

Everyone I know who is successful has issues with their father, regardless of whether it was sports or business or entertainment.

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

I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.

Every book for me is an exorcism in some way or another, working through my feelings at the time.

All of my books come from pain.

I had no idea that 'Less Than Zero' was going to be read by anyone outside of Los Angeles, and it's - believe me, as the writer of the book I'm somewhat amused and intrigued by the idea that 25 years later it's still out and people are still reading it.