We did what our people do all the time, we told ourselves something we did was right and we found a way to justify it, even though we knew it was wrong.
James FreyFear, he said, ran all of our lives. Fear, he said, after religion, was the most destructive force in the world.
James FreyWhatever hardships there have been in my life I still live in a very privileged position. Fear is not knowing where your next meal is coming from. Fear is seeing a child get hurt. Fear is watching someone you love waste away. Fear is knowing you are going to die yourself. But there's no fear in what I do. I write books.
James FreyI've always wondered what it would be like if the Messiah, or Christ Returned, were actually alive and living in our society; who would that person be, how we would identify them, how would they live and what would they believe in, how would society react to them? I decided to try and tell my idea of that story.
James Frey