\nNyd lige f\u00f8lgende slagveksling fra et Allen Barra-interview med den fremragende amerikanske forfatter James Ellroy (billedet, ham til h\u00f8jre):<\/p>\n
Allen Barra: You raised yourself and got into continual trouble with the law. Didn’t you ever feel sorry for yourself?<\/p>\n
James Ellroy: Sure, of course I did; but the abandonment of self-pity is the beginning of wisdom. To be a kid is practically to be self-pitying. I’m not a big fan of kids. I’m not a big fan of adolescent culture. I hate rock ‘n’ roll. I hate pop culture.<\/p>\n
AB: Does that extend to, say, country music?<\/p>\n
JE: I hate country music – rednecks whining.<\/p>\n
AB: Blues?<\/p>\n
JE: Black men whining. I love classical music. Beethoven didn’t whine.<\/p>\n
AB: I think a lot of people assume that you like jazz because you wrote a book called White Jazz.<\/p>\n
JE: If you ever want to torture me, put me on a desert island with nothing to listen to but Charlie Parker and John Coltrane records. I think that stuff is absolutely hideous.<\/p>\n
Hele samtalen kan findes og l\u00e6ses her: http:\/\/www.findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_m1285\/is_n12_v26\/ai_19121803<\/p>\n