...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

I'm grateful for a lot of things. One is not being a drunk wreck. Or losing all four limbs in some ridiculous East Village bus accident that I was so destined for.

Applause is a constant thing in AA. It's how we buy drinks for each other.

The Schnauzer listens to jazz. I listen to jazz because he likes it, and I have even gone to jazz concerts with him, but truthfully I would rather listen to retarded children pounding on pan lids with wooden spoons.

Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when.

I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison cafeteria wearing Daisy Duke shorts and a Jane Fonda headband.

There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.