James Ellroy Hates Everything

A glorious routine by novelist James Ellroy.  And I think he was reining himself in, too. 

Interesting interstitial things happen when a writer devises a character to be, for interviews and the like.  Especially if someone's been doing it a long time, and has gone through the cycle and, I suspect in Ellroy's case, gotten back to the point where he hopes someone somewhere is getting the joke.  Listen to how Ellroy speaks, now: more than ever, he's speaking for tv, and speaking to be transcribed.  A lot of media training under the bridge, there.  And the little wink to the audience, if not his interviewer, is there too. Slowed down, like a big bit of bait being trawled across still water.