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I don't write with an outline. I don't often know what I'm going to do as I'm writing. And I do everything by feel and by instinct.

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James Frey
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 12
Blogger
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Christopher Frey
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And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.
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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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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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I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.
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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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To live with angels and chase their dreams.
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People call me all sorts of things. I don't even care what they call me.
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The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.
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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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When I was a little boy, Marvin Hagler was my idol. He got no respect for most of his career. His fighting style was straight ahead. He took every shot thrown at him, and he kept punching back 'til he won. I honestly feel that's how I am. I take big shots from people. But I keep going.
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Love is love. It doesn't matter how or who you love. I don't believe the messiah would condemn gay men and women.
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But we are what we are, and humans will always hate.
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My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by brief moments of joy. And as is the case with all people's lives, the moments of joy are never often enough and never long enough.
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You don't have to follow anybody's rules.
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Love only brought me lonliness and horror.
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There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.
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Fear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.
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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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Being an unpublished novelist has about as much social acceptability as being a shopping bag lady.
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