Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn’t know you needed transforming.

Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness.

I think there's a phenomenon of people who want to be around something that seems "dangerous." It makes them feel more real.

I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.

If you're here for four more years or four more weeks, you're here right now. I think when you're somewhere, you ought to be there. It's not about how long you stay in a place, it's about what you do while you're there, and when you go, is that place any better for your having been there?

I used to say, for me, writing was like walking a high wire, and heroin made me forget there was no net. Which is a fancy way of saying dope made me forget how shitty I felt for being on dope.

At 17, all I wanted was to be a famous junky. Like all my heroes.