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I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I dont

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I dont want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. – James Ellroy

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As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years. – James Ellroy

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The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff… – James Ellroy

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I cant wait to be that age and hanging out with a bunch of people hanging out all day playing golf and going to the beach, all my own age. Wed be laughing and having a good time and getting loopy on our prescription drugs. Driving golf carts around. I cant wait. – Cameron Diaz

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I hope to find the roles that are age appropriate but not yearning to be younger, or parenting ad nauseam. – Debra Winger

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Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. – Stanislaw Lec

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