James Frey Quotes

The point of what I do is that it doesn't really matter what a book or a story is as long it moves you, informs you, challenges you, entertains you, or changes you.

James Frey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChallengesBookStoryLongYou

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

Jim Jarmusch

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There are over 500,000 registered sex offenders across the country, and statistics have shown that the recidivism rate for those criminals is high.

Jim Sensenbrenner

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Work hard, be honest, help people, never give up, love your fellow man and woman, give back to society, and don't ever discriminate.

Jesse White

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If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.

Michael Arndt

EndTalkingLongOpinionsYouWrite

What fascinates me about London is its multi-ethnicity, the coexistence of cultures and religions, but I do not see myself living here for very long. It's too big, too much stress, too much of a metropolis.

Alvaro Morata

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It is the want to know the end that makes us believe in God, or witchcraft, believe, at least, in something.

Truman Capote

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There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

Tom Clancy

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I hope to be a writer and musician my whole life, fingers crossed.

Mitski

LifeHopeFingersWholeWriter

The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune.

Doris Lessing

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My father is a very hardworking guy, and that's his focus in life, so I got a lot of the paternal attention that a boy wants and needs from my grandfather.

Donald Trump, Jr.

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Sometimes you have to make a complete disaster of your life in such an epic way that it will be absolutely clear to you what you've been doing.

David Whyte

LifeDoingYouSometimesWillWay

Diamonds have an image of purity and light. They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment.

Peter Singer

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