“Other people, some other writers, will win certain accolades or sell in far greater numbers than me – and I’m a legitimate best-selling author – but I live and die for the work. That’s thrilling to me. It’s thrilling that I do for others what certain writers did for me when I was a kid.”

“Other people, some other writers, will win certain accolades or sell in far greater numbers than me – and I’m a legitimate best-selling author – but I live and die for the work. That’s thrilling to me. It’s thrilling that I do for others what certain writers did for me when I was a kid.”

— James Ellroy