James Frey (born September 12, 1969) is an American writer and businessman.
I stand, walk over to him, sit down on his bed, put my arms around him, hug him. He hugs me back strong and I can feel the shame coming through his arms. I am a Criminal and he is a Judge and I am white and he is black, but at this moment none of that matters. He is a man who needs a friends and I can be his friend.
The Bible was written two thousand years ago. The world is a different place now. Stories that had meaning then are meaningless now. Beliefs that might have been valid then are invalid now. Those books should be looked at in the same way we look at anything of that age with interest with an acknowledgement of the historical importance but they should not be thought of as anything that has any value.
The best stories are universal stories that have been told for as long as humanity has existed it's just figuring out new ways to do it, with language, with structure. And so I'm always trying to do that.
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.
Being an unpublished novelist has about as much social acceptability as being a shopping bag lady.
Sleep is still difficult I sleep for three or four hours a day. Usually sometime in the afternoon. I walk in the cold, keep myself numb. I cry less, and less. " (James Frey, pg. 88)
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.
It's cold and it's winter and the world has gone to sleep
I hadn't learned yet that everybody's locked up some way or other. That's how life is we're all imprisoned by something.
In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.
What's crazy is living your life according to some book written by someone who couldn't imagine what your life would be like.
When I started writing 'A Million Little Pieces,' I felt like it was the right story with the style I had been looking for, and I just kept going.
Not everyone who works hard makes their dream come true. You need luck and hard work and being in the right place at the right time but I still very much believe it's possible.
The way America works, and the way L. A. works, is a very small percentage of people get what they want out of life, and a much greater percentage try very very hard and they don't. That's just the way it is.
I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.
We stare into each other's eyes and softly kiss speaking and saying more with the movement of our lips and the tips of our fingers than words will allow us to say. Words can't say this. The one word love means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still not enough. It doesn't communicate even a fraction of the feelings involved. Love. The word is not enough for what it is. Love. Love.
I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things.
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.
I'm trying to influence the next generation or two generations or three generations behind me. That's a big ambition of mine.
The promise of eternal life makes people forsake the life they're given.