James Frey Quotes


On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray. I was standing in line for lunch and I didn't see it coming. I went down. When I got up, I turned around and started throwing punches." (James Frey, pg.1)


Citations

Frey, James. My Friend Leonard. Riverhead Books, 2005, p. 1.

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James Frey
James Frey
  • Born: September 12, 1969
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

James 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 stories were later found to be exaggerated or fabricated, sparking a media controversy. His 2008 novel Bright Shiny Morning was also a bestseller.