Happy Birthday Bret Easton Ellis!

Today is author Bret Easton Ellis's 49th birthday.  Ellis is probably one of the most controversial living authors, with books like "American Psycho" and "Less Than Zero" and their extremely graphic sex and violence.  Whether you're a fan or a detractor, it's hard to deny that Ellis has had a strong impact on what's (in)appropriate in modern fiction.  Here's a short interview with Ellis, discussing self-censorship: