Bret Easton Ellis

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. ”

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. ”

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

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

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

I totally relate to Tom Cruise. He's not crazy, it's just the litany of the mid-life crisis. ”

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time. ”

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

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

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