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I wanted to be a writer that had an impact. I wanted, and still I say the same thing, I want to write books that change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.
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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Sometimes I really want to believe in God. I really admire, in a lot of ways, people who have faith. I think it must be a beautiful thing to believe.
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I'm just going to write my books and do my work and release it. Let the world decide what it is, and if it's any good or not.
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Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place.
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America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their religious beliefs as they please. Our culture has always been, and will most likely always be, profoundly influenced by religion.
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It's the third book of the Bible, called The Final Testament of the Holy Bible.My idea of what the Messiah would be like if he were walking the streets of New York today. What would he believe? What would he preach? How would he live? With who?
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The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.
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In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.
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On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray. I was standing in line for lunch and I didn't see it coming. I went down. When I got up, I turned around and started throwing punches. (James Frey, pg.1)
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The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.
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Faith is the fool's excuse.
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I hope nobody took the Razzle Dazzle Rose.
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I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.
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I try to write books that are different from the books I've already written. I think one of the thing I really try to do is reinvent how a novel can be written.
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I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we've got.
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But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.
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You don't have to follow anybody's conventions.
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I don't care what people come at me with. People have come at me with everything you could imagine. I could care less about that.
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To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.
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Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.
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