James Frey Quotes

I've always wondered what it would be like if the Messiah, or Christ Returned, were actually alive and living in our society; who would that person be, how we would identify them, how would they live and what would they believe in, how would society react to them? I decided to try and tell my idea of that story.

James Frey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 12, 1969

Topics

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It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done.

Jodi Picoult

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I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.

Meg Cabot

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It was the height of the Depression, and suddenly I am earning pots of money.

Ann Rutherford

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I love tape. It's another member of the band, the way it settles and blankets everything.

Sturgill Simpson

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Tax cuts are an investment in working families.

Tommy Thompson

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Eight months after graduating from Ryerson, there I was in West Berlin working with Marlene Dietrich and David Bowie and Kim Novak.

Rory MacLean

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If you ask me what is going to happen in a month or a year, I can't tell you. We're focused on the present.

Julen Lopetegui

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Joan Rivers telling Lauren Bacall her dress is all wrong is like Carrot Top telling Lenny Bruce he needs to get an edge.

Dennis Miller

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In order to restore our country to the principles on which it was founded, we need to elect leaders that believe in the principles of the party, not just the power of the party.

Christine O'Donnell

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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

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Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place.

Chuck Close

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It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Armand Assante

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