I'd go on runs [on cocaine ], four and five days without sleep. Then I'd crash and sleep about 18 hours a day for seven to ten days. Then it would take a few more weeks to get over a vague sort of depression. Then I'd be off on another run.

One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like.

If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?

Tonight's forecast: DARK. Continued mostly dark tonight, turning to wildly scattered light in the morning

The ritual was very important to me: cleaning the pot, rolling the pot.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

Hallucinogens are a value changer...like it or not, it changes your values, it opens up windows (doors of perception.)