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James Frey
American
Writer
Born:
Sep 12
,
1969
Books
Life
People
Think
Whatever
Work
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When I go to an art gallery and stand in front of a painting, I don't want someone telling me what I should be seeing or thinking; I want to feel whatever I feel, see whatever I see, and figure out what I figure out.
James Frey
Art
Me
Whatever
Painting
Thinking
Out
Telling
See
Seeing
Someone
Feel
Go
Front
Want
Gallery
Should
Stand
Figure
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.
James Frey
Beautiful
God
Faith
People
Sometimes
Believe
Think
Ways
Must
Admire
Beautiful Thing
Lot
Want
Really
Who
Thing
I've never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.
James Frey
Writing
Journalist
Some
Never
Had
Sort
Historically
Accurate
Any
Autobiography
Being
Interest
I'm a writer. I never expected to be recognised on the street. I never expected to get that kind of coverage, good or bad. I never expected to sell as many books as I have.
James Frey
Good
Books
Recognised
Kind
Bad
Writer
Never
Coverage
Sell
Expected
Get
Many
Street
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.
James Frey
Writing
Looking
Style
Had
Like
Pieces
Felt
Been
Going
Just
Story
Little
Right
Million
Started
Kept
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
Life
People
Some People
My Life
Think
Memoirs
Some
Perfect
Write
Never
Journalistic
Obviously
Always
Goal
Literature
Create
Held
Should
Standard
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.
James Frey
Work
Good
World
Books
Release
Write
Any
Going
Just
Decide
I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.
James Frey
Work
Own
Control
Think
OK
Writer
Artist
Want
Your
I will not allow people to impose rules on me that don't make sense to me. And I live and work very much outside the literary world and the literary system. What they think and what they believe and what their rules are mean nothing to me.
James Frey
Work
Me
People
World
Will
Sense
Nothing
Live
Believe
Think
Rules
System
Allow
Outside
Make
Impose
Very
Literary
Mean
Much
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.
James Frey
Sad
Life
Beautiful
Incredible
Extraordinary
Alive
Terrifying
Got
Am
Optimistic
Essentially
Being
Hard
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