"I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime."

-- James Ellroy

#Thinking Quotes #Crime Quotes #American History Quotes

“Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.”
“I don't know how much things have changed. You still need to be able to run the ball, pick up blitzes and catch the ball out of the backfield. Perhaps you need a running back to do a little bit more or be more versatile today but that is a good thing. People say we get hurt and don't last as long, but it's still an important position and you need everyone in the backfield to be able to contribute.”

Source : Interview with Elias Trejo, www.askmen.com.
“I've always liked the fact that fiction takes all these pretty unquantifiable human feelings and experiences and projects them onto the page in ways that make interior human sense, even when they aren't entirely believable.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The great thing about Gotham is it encompasses so many different worlds.”

Source : "Exclusive Gotham Teaser: Go Inside the New Fox Drama's 'World of Craziness'" by Adam Bryant, www.tvguide.com. July 09, 2014.
“When mind and action are separate, zen is lost. We keep the two in sync by paying attention.”
“At the heart of art is learning to see”
“I feel myself always the patriot of all oppressed fatherlands. Nationality is a historic, local fact which, like all real and harmless facts, has the right to claim general acceptance. Every people, like every person, is involuntarily that which it is and therefore has a right to be itself. Nationality is not a principle; it is a legitimate fact, just as individuality is. Every nationality, great or small, has the incontestable right to be itself, to live according to its own nature. This right is simply the corollary of the general principal of freedom.”
“I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.”

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