Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.

First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library.

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners.

Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing

Sundays kill more people than bombs.

she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty

You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad.