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Bret Easton Ellis Quotes: Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.
         

Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour.


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But this was what happened when you didn't want to visit and confront the past: the past starts visiting and confronting you.



I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.

I like the idea of a writer being haunted by his own creation, especially if the writer resents the way the character defines him.



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