Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

I think 12-step programs really work, rehab really works, certain types of therapies and talking to other addicts really work. There are a lot of things that work - that isn't the problem. The problem is getting the addicts to say they're addicts. The problem is admitting it.

Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

I don't really think of writing as a career. It's something that happened to me. By working harder than I knew it was possible to work, I have become passable at it.

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

Love is a great wrecker of peace of mind.

When Tolstoy wrote that all happy families are alike, what he meant was that there are no happy families.