And loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change. James Frey More Quotes by James Frey More Quotes From James Frey I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given to work and think, than I really am by other writers. James Frey artist said thinking 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 long book moving 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. James Frey couple home book It's been great getting better with you. James Frey get-better 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 and guilty. It is reprehensible and immoral to gamble with life and death. James Frey punishment believe years Whatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books. James Frey hurt book children I think men who can cry are strong men James Frey strong men thinking 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 literary world and the literary system. What they think and what they believe and what their rules are mean nothing to me. James Frey mean believe thinking Practice not wanting, desiring, judging, doing, fighting, knowing. Practice just being. Everything will fall into place. James Frey fighting knowing fall There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing. James Frey categories landscape art Words can't say this. The one word love means too little for what it is. It means everything and that is still not enough. James Frey enough littles mean I often think of death. True. Suicide is a reasonable option. True. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I stare at the question. My sins are unpardonable. I leave it blank. James Frey sin suicide thinking I listen to the tick of an unseen clock marking moments of time long passed. James Frey unseen moments long Love only brought me lonliness and horror. James Frey lonliness horror She feels and she cries. It is to be admired. James Frey cry feels 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 I need to hold it is this the calm. There is no anger, no rage, no Fury. There is no want, no need, no desire. There is no hatred no shame no regret. There is no grief, no sadness, no depression. There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live. James Frey sadness regret grief Most of the time, it's not the concept, but the execution of craft that counts. James Frey execution concepts crafts To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude. James Frey writing attitude needs 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. James Frey life-changing writing book I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work. James Frey artist want thinking
