To me, God is like this happy bus driver.

For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt.

I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.

I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I'd just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.

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?

The traditional dictionary definition of the difference is that an alcoholic will steal your wallet in a blackout, come to, and apologize for it. A junkie will steal your wallet and then help you look for it. But ultimately I think all addictions boil down to just not being able to be with yourself for any long degree of time.

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