James Frey
James Frey
James Christopher Freyis an American writer and the founder and CEO of Full Fathom Five, a transmedia production company responsible for the young adult series "The Lorien Legacies", the first book of which, I Am Number Four, was made into a feature film by DreamWorks Studios...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 September 1969
CountryUnited States of America
book dramatic ebb great million stories tension
A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to have the tension that all great stories require.
fighting winning order
I am aware that the battle I am fighting is a petty one, but I am also aware that in order to win that which is great, you must first win that which is small.
way life-is locked-up
I hadn't learned yet that everybody's locked up some way or other. That's how life is we're all imprisoned by something.
past people matter
The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.
heart accepting accepting-the-truth
...if you can accept the truth and live with it your heart will be at peace.
people way found
We did what our people do all the time, we told ourselves something we did was right and we found a way to justify it, even though we knew it was wrong.
pain feelings share
There are never words for the strongest of our feelings. There is just the pain that we cannot share. Pain we must all feel alone.
pain shock worst
There is, though, nothing that prepares us for the worst things in our life. There is nothing you can do to stop the shock, or buffer the pain.
pain believe heart
I say to myself if you believe deeply in your heart you must defy, and if you are willing to pay for your defiance, you must always do it, even though the pain may be much. Too many times in our lives we do not do it, and we pay even more...
way speak sometimes
For the worst things of our lives, it is sometimes the best way, to never speak of them again.
trauma stills allowing
Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.
dream sadness people
My life has been like all the lives, long and hard and full of sadness and confusion and horror, a frightening, difficult dream punctuated by brief moments of joy. And as is the case with all people's lives, the moments of joy are never often enough and never long enough.
simple looks answers
In life we often look to others for simple, but difficult answers, despite the fact that we have those answers ourselves.
believe thinking knowing
But that's part of faith. Believing and knowing despite what other people say, and despite what the world might think of your beliefs.