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I'm really shocked when critics get morally outraged at my fiction because they think i'm condoning what's going on. i never come in as the author and say, "hey, okay. i'm interrupting the narrator here. i'm bret easton ellis, and i'm the author."
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I'm Really Shocked When Critics Get Morally

Bret Easton Ellis
I'm really shocked when critics get morally outraged at my fiction because they think i'm condoning what's going on. i never come in as the author and say, "hey, okay. i'm interrupting the narrator here. i'm bret easton ellis, and i'm the author."
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