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.

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.

All of us, at some point in life, choose our cliché.

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

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

It's not like I was an alkie or anything. Alcohol is for cleaning needles

Life can be lived as a temporary arrangement. Life is a temporary arrangement! But the longer you go without changing, the more obscure the likelihood you ever will. After enough time passes, the idea of another way of life grows even more misty.