I felt lonely and content at the same time. I believe that is a rare kind of happiness.

Drive away and try to keep smiling. Get a little rock and roll on the radio and go toward life with all the courage you can find and all the belief you can muster. Be true, be brave, stand.

That's the curse of the reading class. We can be seduced by a good story even at the most inopportune moments.

If anyone ever asks you what panic is, now you can tell them: an emotional blank spot that leaves you feeling as if you've been sucking on a mouthful of pennies.

Beating heroin is child's play compared to beating your childhood.

Some tears have to be cried no matter what the hour- until they are, they simply rave and burn inside.

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a small boy... and I keep it in a jar on my desk.