James Frey

American writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1969 · age 57

James Christopher Frey is an American writer and businessman. His first two books, A Million Little Pieces (2003) and My Friend Leonard (2005), were bestsellers marketed as memoirs. Large parts of the books were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy.

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2005“[Leonard] gave me the best advice that I was given while I was at the center, which was to hold on.”In their wordsCh.1, "Beginning" - p.9Read the whole statement

2003“I look at Hank and he nods and I nod and for a brief second I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.”In their wordspage 43Read the whole statement

“What I know is that I can trust his eyes because what lives in them, lives in me.”In their wordspage 108Read the whole statement

“I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and warm. I could be hurt by something other than myself.”In their wordspage 239Read the whole statement

“I don't blame you for this and I don't think there's anything you could have done to stop it.”In their wordspage 251Read the whole statement

“Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work.”In their wordspage 323Read the whole statement

1969Born12 September 1969

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More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to be close to someone. More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to feel as if I wasn't alone.
2003 · page 80, Own words
He starts to break and seeing him start to break makes me start to break and I don't want that.
2003 · page 133, Own words
Take the risk and do whatever you can do and try not to get caught. If you do get caught, do it again.
2003 · page 284, Own words