As he explains in Mary Astor 's Purple Diary , he took his name from the character Julien Sorel of The Red and the Black by Stendhal , with whom he felt akin .
Both hated their fathers .
As he explains in Mary Astor 's Purple Diary , he took his name from the character Julien Sorel of The Red and the Black by Stendhal , with whom he felt akin because both hated their fathers .