"When I was bullied: you manned-up. You learned something. You realized: I'm not getting the gold star. You realized: …"

"I didn’t think anyone outside of LA would read Less Than Zero. I thought The Rules of Attraction would be a huge hit.…"

"I read it for the first time in about 20 years this year–-recently. It wasn't so bad. I get it. I get fan mail now fr…"

"It might be my favorite book of mine. It was a very exciting time in my life. I was writing that book while I was at …"

"I reread that book in the summer of '03. . . . And I hadn't looked at that book either since '91. And I was dreading …"

"It's definitely the book that I can tell—I don't know if other people can tell but I can tell as a writer–-is probabl…"

"People are afraid to merge on freeways in Los Angeles."

"Disappear here."

"...and it's a story that might bore you but you don't have to listen, she told me, because she always knew it was goi…"

"The smell of meat and blood clouds up the condo until I don't notice it anymore. And later my macabre joy sours and I…"