James Frey Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“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 change people's lives, change how we think and live and read and write. I wanna write books that are read in 50 or 100 years.”

“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.”

“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've never had any interest at all in being a journalist or writing some sort of historically accurate autobiography.”

“I'm married, I have a couple kids, I've traveled a lot, I've done book tours a lot, I'm happy to stay home and take my kids to school and come to the office.”

“I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work.”

“Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.”

“My wife says I'm only comfortable when there's a fight. And it's true. The thing that motivates me is struggle.”

“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.”