Always do whatever's next.

My mother didn't get home until about seven most nights and, yes, there was a sense of being very alone after school. She gave me all the proper guidance and influences, but physically, she just couldn't be there.

Whenever you see the word cuisine used instead of the word food, be prepared to pay an additional eighty percent.

No matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, you're screwed because it's all fixed and rigged. There is a club and you ain't in it.

Avoid people with gold teeth who want to play cards

I also survived circumcision, a barbaric practice designed to remind you as early as possible that your genitals are not your own.

One thing leads to another? Not always. Sometimes one thing leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.