"Anybody who doesn’t know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose." ― James Ellroy Topic(s): Politics More From James Ellroy "I have a very intense marriage." "I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don’t want to be some stress casualty in early middle age." "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." More In Politics "Once the cry and the cause of a generation of progressives to make America safer, fairer and cleaner, ‘regulation’ is now a dirty word in our politics. Even Democrats are quick to talk about cutting regulations; Republicans hate them with – how to put it? – evangelical fervor."― Jon Meacham "With all the hundreds of dresses and shoes I have, it would be an absolute crime if I don’t have a little girl. I have a whole room at home filled with my stage wear."― Katherine Jenkins "Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff."― Colin Powell