James Frey Quotes on Books (9 Quotes)

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.

I think I made a lot of mistakes in writing the book and promoting the book.

All the way through the book I altered details about every one of the characters.

The book is about drug addiction and alcoholism.

So let the haters hate, let the doubters doubt, I stand by my book, and my life, and I won't dignify this bullshit with any sort of further response.

I think writing a book about this experience would be trying to capitalize on it in some way and that's not something I want to do at all.

I embellished many details about my past experiences, and altered others in order to serve what I felt was the greater purpose of the book.

Those dinners ... I was recently with two girls I know in Chicago, and they were laughing about it, ... The outings were very vivid to them. They loved reading the book to have moments with him.

I was a bad guy. If I was gonna write a book that was true, and I was gonna write a book that was honest, then I was gonna have to write about myself in very, very negative ways.