Comments on: Music and Talking

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By: kimberly m

kimberly m — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:56:21 +0000

I am absolutely OBSESSED with your books, I finish them within hours and I recommend them to everyone I know! although i am only 15 and my mom wouldn’t approve of the language you use, you are the only author that keeps me locked in, and when i read your books, i can feel them. please write more, your books have given me so much hope! you are an amazing writer!

By: sou

sou — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:13:19 +0000

i ve read the Ben Zion story, and you my friend, you have seen the Light ;o))bless you Sir.

By: Susan Bandin

Susan Bandin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:06:06 +0000

James: I forgot to mention I used a pen name as the author of my memoir which is Susannah D. McCallum. Thanks

By: Susan Bandin

Susan Bandin — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:12:50 +0000

James: I must say I was fascinated with A Million Little Pieces and have read your other 2 books, the last one being very informative, to the point, realistic and also fascinating.
Like you, and because of my background I have learned that the path of ones life doesn’t have to follow the line of expectations,because life is full of variants for each individual and as long a we do not follow malice, one can apply expectations based on ones needs and experiences,therefore, to those who don’t understand, I could also be labeled as a rebel like you. I was infuriated, to say the least, when Oprah interviewed you with the only purpose of destroying the value of a book which became so beneficial to many people. Although she has apologized, in my view, the damage was done and there is no way to repair or erase the unfairness of her first interview and the moral destruction of yourself. Those are never forgotten. My website is the one of my own memoir “A Random Figurine”. Born in London during WWll, I was abandoned by my birth mother spending the first 5 years in a convent and adopted at that age by a Cuban family, exiling when I was 18 and living in USA since then. My search for my roots which took me 30 years and my experiences with those who cared for me are the main subjects of my book. I will be honored if you would read it and give me your impression. The book was not edited because I wanted it to reflect what really came out of me, therefore, not being an experienced writer, there are some flaws I can’t correct, but my intention was to grasp the reader with the truth and nothing but the truth. If interested I gladly will mail you a copy and please do so by contacting me through my E=mail. Music is my passion and I also use it for inspiration of the words and feelings of the moment. Be proud of who you are, many like me understand you. By the way, I sent a copy to Oprah and never received a response, not even an acknowledgment of receipt. Your admirer, Susan

By: Ferdous Alabadi

Ferdous Alabadi — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:32:12 +0000

Hi Mr. Frey,
I am a writer from Iraq. I followed the two parts of your interview with Operah and I liked your thoughts and ideas. I always believe that is different from the others who are sharing with him life. He/ she is making the dreams touchable for those who lost their way to the world of dreams. I saw that you are a man who is keeping try in order not to lose his game no matter what. I understand writing as a struggle to prove that you are there or still breathing.. During that interview with Operah, I was watching the way your thoughts coming together in order to say something others do not understand.. two later after the interview, I started googling you to know more and more. Just to inform you that I am working now on my own book which its theme is occuping my mind and trying to let it out. This is my main goal at this very moment.
Thanks a lot for your time.

Best regards,
Ferdous ALabadi
Iraq

By: notready tosay

notready tosay — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:48:35 +0000

Hi,
I am trying to write a memoir and I would like help. I heard you have a new group of people that your working with that can help. Where can I get more info? Its a UNBELIEVABLE STORY that is true and keeps on going. I would like to share and help others.

By: K.C.

K.C. — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:59:13 +0000

Hello Mr. Frey,
I saw the second part of your interview with Oprah today and I must say without, sounding condescending, that you really redeemed yourself. I’m sorry to say that I was not familiar with you or your work before the first interview and as of today I am still not with regard to your books. But as of today I plan on changing that. I was refreshed by your Agnostic beliefs, if I may be so bold, as I to have felt the same way for many years and only until last year was finally able to own it. Even though I do not feel you were being arrogant in any way, I got the feeling and now after reading this page and the best advice you ever received, I have gathered that it is youself for whom you write. How were you able to embody this courage in your early days, when the thought of making this your sole job/career had to be weaving itself throughout your mind as you placed pen to paaper in the hopes of creating what you now call ‘Great Literature’? I have written(unplublished) off and on all of my life starting with diaries, poetry, short stories, and now back to journaling, and yet the word writer still gets caught in my throat every time I try to own it. How did you come to own your profession even before it was one? You say that your faith comes from believing that you know you know how to tell a good story? How did you know? Was it as simple as faking it untill you make it? I would love to come into my own as a writer but I fear it will never happen if I don’t get over needing to please the audience. And even more than that I feel sick about what stories I will not have been able to share because of this.

By: Tina Liston

Tina Liston — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:52:32 +0000

I’m sending the introduction to my book, in the hope that it might cross James’ desk. I’m another survivor who lived to tell the story:

When I was growing up, the last thing my parents wanted me to do was to play the electric guitar. That made it irresistible to me.� Pat Matheny

PRELUDE

�You have a lot of lawyers in your life, don�t you?�

Okay, I�d never met her before, but my friend Jeffrey told me she was the best psychic in town. The real deal. When Jeffrey made statements like that, you knew better than to question. And here she was, proving him true already.

Three months before, I found myself sitting at a conference table in a stark fishbowl of a room on the fifteenth floor of a downtown Phoenix high rise. The guests at this legal banquet were: my new bankruptcy attorney, my new tax attorney, my new tax attorney�s boss (the owner of the firm occupying this entire floor), my new accountant, and my new best friend, a non-practicing Manhattan lawyer who found my situation dire enough to make it her Project. I was the main course at this feast, dressed and parsleyed for the platter, poised for those carving knives to sink right in.

At what point did the magnificent disaster that had become my life earn me this new, wildly expensive table of friends?

Was it the moment my Creative Partner called from outside the cavernous space that was soon to become my exquisite folly, saying �I�ve found our next store�.�?

Or � the passing away of my ace comptroller, Gary, and my long-time accountant and advisor, Stanley, within months of each other?

Or � was it the day I hired that voluptuous Southern Belle with the accounting resume touting her expertise in the arena of TAXES?

Or � could it have been one of those buying trips to the Paris Pret a Porter, the New York Atelier show, or that superlative Fine Craft Exhibit in Baltimore?

The purchase of the New York pied a terre?

The downtown loft worthy of a Phoenix Home & Garden eight-page spread?

The photography shoot in Berlin?

The dizzying Spousal Support payments that my ex-in-laws chased me down for, even after his death?

Just where did the first domino lose its balance in the breeze?

It hardly matters now, except for my gratitude for all of it. Every last tortuous moment, every person who participated in my Fall from Grace. Every last sleepless night and weak, fear-thin breath. Ask me where I�ve been. I can tell you. Ask me where I am. I�m here with Tina, now. Ask me where I�m going. Who can ever answer that question? Ask me what�s important.

Keep reading. We�ll get there together.

1. Crack in the Universe

By: Lilly

Lilly — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 02:04:19 +0000

Dear James,

A Million Little Pieces changed my life.
Thanks.
Truly Lilly.

And no im not faking my name just cuz it was in the fucking book. My name is Lilly, IMO Lilly, this is Lilly. But not the fucking one from the book. Durrrr.

Anyway, love you james, thanks.