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Life, not death, is the great mystery you must confront.

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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
Blogger
Film Producer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
Death
Must
Great
Life
Confront
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Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work.
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I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.
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