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Some people think memoirs should be held to a perfect journalistic standard. Some people don't. Obviously I don't. My goal was never to create or to write a perfect journalistic standard of my life. It was always to be as literature.
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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You don't have to follow anybody's conventions.
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