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What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.
James Frey
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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
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James Christopher Frey
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I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave it blank.
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I will not allow people to impose rules on me that don't make sense to me. And I live and work very much outside the literary world and the literary system. What they think and what they believe and what their rules are mean nothing to me.
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