Home / Quotes / Quote by James Frey

Quote by James Frey

“To write a damn good thriller, you need a killer attitude.”

Quote by James Frey

Author

James Frey is an American writer born on September 12, 1969. Known for his memoirs, his work often delves into the complexities of human nature and the multifaceted nature of life. His book 'A Million Little Pieces' sparked controversy over its authenticity, but it provided readers with a unique perspective on memory, truth, and self-perception. more

You May Also Like

“It was a good moment, the kind you would like to press between the pages of a book, or hide in your sock drawer, so you could touch it again.”

Kind Book Moments Pages Presses Sock Drawers Good Moments

Book:All Over but the Shoutin'

Source: All Over but the Shoutin'

“The only thing poverty does is grind down your nerve endings to a point that you can work harder and stoop lower than most people are willing to. It chips away a person's dreams to the point that the hopelessness shows through, and the dreamer accepts that hard work and borrowed houses are all this life will ever be.”

People Persons Doe Hard Shows Dream House Accepting Poverty Willing Hard Work Harder This Life Nerves Dreamer Hopelessness Chips Grind Borrowed Work Harder Stoops

Book:All Over but the Shoutin'

Source: All Over but the Shoutin'

“The Haitians, who knew something about suffering and survival, had a beautiful phrase... The Translation is not perfect, but the nut of it was: 'The season of pain is never over until the sky begins to cry.”

Pain Beautiful Suffering Perfect Sky Cry Survival Seasons Phrases Nuts Translations Not Perfect

Author:Rick Bragg

“It wasn't that I had gotten it right . . . but that I had gotten true.”

Author:Rick Bragg

“Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University”

Strong Teaching University

Author:Robert B. Parker

“Even if they knew the truth of their own feelings, most mothers would be socially and emotionally incapable of revealing it.”

Ifs Feelings Would Be Mother Incapable Revealing

Author:Rachel Cusk

“Very few of my books are about who stole the Maltese Falcon”

Author:Robert B. Parker

“It's tempting to say the Ph.D. didn't have an effect, but it's not so. I think whatever resonance I may be able to achieve is in part simply from the amount of reading and learning that I acquired along the way”

Thinking Way May Able Reading Achieve Effects Amount Resonance Tempting Reading And Learning

Author:Robert B. Parker

“Thrilling, illuminating, heart-pounding. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy reads like a crackling espionage novel and resonates as only the most compelling history can. Abbott brings to vivid life four extraordinary and audacious women, and runs glorious roughshod over all our traditional notions of the role of women in the Civil War.”

Heart War Running Roles Novel Four Extraordinary Notion Soldier Traditional Civil War Glorious Liars Compelling Spy Vivid Thrilling Espionage Illuminating Audacious Heart Pounding Temptress

Author:Megan Abbott

“Old friend, there are people—young and old—that I like, and people that I do not like. The former are always in short supply. I am turned off by humorless fanaticism, whether it's revolutionary mumbo-jumbo by a young one, or loud lessons from scripture by and old one. We are all comical, touching, slapstick animals, walking on our hind legs, trying to make it a noble journey from womb to tomb, and the people who can't see it all that way bore hell out of me.”