You can't go from a $2,000-a-night suite at La Mirage to a penitentiary, and really understand it, and come out a liberal.

I had this bad-boy-from-New York vibe going, dressed like a punk rocker with spiky hair.

I really don't want to thank my wife because I could be bussing tables at the Daily Grill right now if not for her. Jesus, what a gig that'd be.

Smoking dope and smoking coke, you are rendered defenseless. The only way out of that hopeless state is intervention.

There is unpanned gold in every soul you run into, no matter what walk of life they are from.

[Addiction's] not about placating the bad dog - it's about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough so that the ASPCA doesn't bring you up on charges.

Listen, smile, agree, then do whatever you were going to do anyway.