Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal.

I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up on.

Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But it could blow everybody's head off.

Having a great dad probably permitted me to pal around with guys in a way that some women don't.

As a memoirist, I strive for veracity.

But I'm not ready to stop listening to the screwed-up inner voice that's been ordering me around for a lifetime. My head thinks it can kill me... and go on living without me.

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.