All James Frey Quotes
- Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place. Desiring
- The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict. Conflict
- For years I supported capital punishment, but I have come to believe that our criminal justice system is incapable of adequately distinguishing between the innocent… Adequately
- The calm. If there is God or something Higher for me it is this. The calm. If there is something that will hold me when… Absolutely
- I can run fast when I want to run fast, and I've always been good at destroying things. Been
- Ive never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography. Accurate
- I want a drink. I want fifty drinks. I want a bottle of the purest, strongest, most destructive, most poisonous alcohol on Earth. I want… Acid
- I just started trying to figure out how to write [something] which was unlike anything anybody had ever seen, and once I felt like I… Anybody
- If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest, then I was gonna have… Book
- You should at all times be showing a well-motivated character overcoming obstacles in pursuit of a goal. All
- Most of the time, it's not the concept, but the execution of craft that counts. Concept
- To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude. Attitude
- Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction. Book
- My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle. Comfortable
- 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… Admire
- 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… Been
- When I was a screenwriter, I was doing it for mercenary reasons. Inspirational
- 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… America
- 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… Alive
- I don't want to walk in the middle. I want people to read what I write and feel strongly about it. If, at some point,… Elicit
- I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work. Artist
- 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… Any
- 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… Book
- 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… Allow
- 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… Bad