I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. I was always out, always in the saloons, always drinking, always messing about.

Conservatism is not a political ideology, it is a severe form of brain damage for which there's hardly any cure.

Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.

I've avoided work all my life, you see. So, I'm like a bee. I go from flower to flower.

There's no recovery from alcoholism, it is an incurable disease. And it also is a disease that tells you, you don't have a disease.

I am full of theories that are based on a very liquid foundation, because I used to be a drinker.

They don't allow a dying on the highway. No Passing. They give you a ticket if you die on the highway.