What was so painful about Amy’s death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don’t pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple; it actually is simple but it isn’t easy; it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.

I'm a recovering drug addict, so it's not a subject that I take lightly, but I do agree that the criminalization of narcotics is the deliberate inhibition of human consciousness.

Democracy is a gleaming Excalibur - let's not use it just to mend the toaster.

I'm buying things for people I don't even know. I'm like Willy Wonka, but more manipulative. Imagine if Willy Wonka had a devious goal.

I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have

People don't throw your bags out of windows because of lies; they throw them out because of the truth.

By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.