Bret Easton Ellis Quotes about Pain

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My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.

My pain is constant and sharp, and I do not hope for a better world for anyone.

Bret Easton Ellis

Pain, Catharsis, World

Bret Easton Ellis (2014). “American Psycho: Picador Classic”, p.302, Pan Macmillan

I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.

Bret Easton Ellis

Pain, Book, Writing

All of my books come from pain.

Bret Easton Ellis

Pain, Book

"Bret Easton Ellis: 'So you're a misogynist, a racist – so what? Does it make your art less interesting?'". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2010.

There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the mayhem I have caused and my utter indifference toward it I have now surpassed. My pain is constant and sharp and I do not hope for a better world for anyone, in fact I want my pain to be inflicted on others. I want no one to escape, but even after admitting this there is no catharsis, my punishment continues to elude me and I gain no deeper knowledge of myself; no new knowledge can be extracted from my telling. This confession has meant nothing.

Bret Easton Ellis

Pain, Punishment, Evil

FaceBook post by Bret Easton Ellis from Jan 11, 2014