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Jerry Stahl quotes: With enough rock in your system, you could hear every noise in the universe.

With enough rock in your system, you could hear every noise in the universe.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Pat Boone still didn't cover public cunt-licks in Tips for Teens, and there really wasn't anybody to ask.

Pat Boone still didn't cover public cunt-licks in Tips for Teens, and there really wasn't anybody to ask.

Jerry Stahl quotes: This book, for me, is less an exercise in recall than exorcism.

This book, for me, is less an exercise in recall than exorcism.

Jerry Stahl quotes: My life - and this hit so hard I nearly toppled over - my life was Apollo 13! Launched with high expectations and pathetically crashed.

My life - and this hit so hard I nearly toppled over - my life was Apollo 13! Launched with high expectations and pathetically crashed.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Being a junkie, when you broke it down, was nothing more than a crazed day job.

Being a junkie, when you broke it down, was nothing more than a crazed day job.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I don't really know how to do much else besides write.

I don't really know how to do much else besides write.

Jerry Stahl quotes: What we craved was drugs. What we had was each other.

What we craved was drugs. What we had was each other.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I always tell myself, when I remember the non-stop self-generated hell party that used to be my life, I wouldn't be here if I didn't go there.

I always tell myself, when I remember the non-stop self-generated hell party that used to be my life, I wouldn't be here if I didn't go there.

Jerry Stahl quotes: All my life I'd gone for women who were a little off.

All my life I'd gone for women who were a little off.

Jerry Stahl quotes: There's no deodorant for desperation.

There's no deodorant for desperation.

Jerry Stahl quotes: You can't really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person's addictive behavior is its own special thing.

You can't really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person's addictive behavior is its own special thing.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I did not mean to sodomize Dick Cheney.

I did not mean to sodomize Dick Cheney.

Jerry Stahl quotes: The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ass in the proverbial chair.

The art and act of writing - speaking just for myself - involves getting your proverbial ass in the proverbial chair.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Not doing something crude right off is about as close as a guy like me ever gets to class.

Not doing something crude right off is about as close as a guy like me ever gets to class.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Sometimes what I did five minutes ago scared the fuck out of me five minutes later.

Sometimes what I did five minutes ago scared the fuck out of me five minutes later.

Jerry Stahl quotes: In my family, misery didn't just love company, it wanted hostages.

In my family, misery didn't just love company, it wanted hostages.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Did I get my picture in the yearbook under "Most Likely to Commit Suicide"?

Did I get my picture in the yearbook under "Most Likely to Commit Suicide"?

Jerry Stahl quotes: To me, God is like this happy bus driver.

To me, God is like this happy bus driver.

Jerry Stahl quotes: A waft of sweet hash drifted by, and I wanted to float after it like Wimpy levitating at the scent of a hamburger.

A waft of sweet hash drifted by, and I wanted to float after it like Wimpy levitating at the scent of a hamburger.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked.

Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn't have to show up anywhere. You could work naked.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn't know you needed transforming.

Rumi will transform you, in ways you didn't know you needed transforming.

Jerry Stahl quotes: We can't live together," I remember screeching. "We're married. It's too corny!

We can't live together," I remember screeching. "We're married. It's too corny!

Jerry Stahl quotes: I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.

I kept getting high to kill my shame at the fact that I kept getting high.

Jerry Stahl quotes: People always ask, "What's the worst thing heroin drove you to do?". I always answer, "showing up on Maury.

People always ask, "What's the worst thing heroin drove you to do?". I always answer, "showing up on Maury.

Jerry Stahl quotes: It's not like I was an alkie or anything. Alcohol is for cleaning needles

It's not like I was an alkie or anything. Alcohol is for cleaning needles

Jerry Stahl quotes: I've always wanted to be a guy with a rec room.

I've always wanted to be a guy with a rec room.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I'd just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.

I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I'd just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.

Jerry Stahl quotes: How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing.

How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing.

Jerry Stahl quotes: It's not like I ever wanted to wake up and just be a grossly overpaid, self-loathing, can't-look-in-the-mirror-without-gagging TV writer.

It's not like I ever wanted to wake up and just be a grossly overpaid, self-loathing, can't-look-in-the-mirror-without-gagging TV writer.

Jerry Stahl quotes: At 17, all I wanted was to be a famous junky. Like all my heroes.

At 17, all I wanted was to be a famous junky. Like all my heroes.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Junkies are liars. They have to be professionally.

Junkies are liars. They have to be professionally.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I think there's a phenomenon of people who want to be around something that seems "dangerous." It makes them feel more real.

I think there's a phenomenon of people who want to be around something that seems "dangerous." It makes them feel more real.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Creativity is the opposite of TV.

Creativity is the opposite of TV.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness.

Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness.

Jerry Stahl quotes: This is what I think: If you had the nerve to live what you lived, you should have the nerve to write it.

This is what I think: If you had the nerve to live what you lived, you should have the nerve to write it.

Jerry Stahl quotes: You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it.

You need an entire drama to construct your life around to avoid living it.

Jerry Stahl quotes: More and more, I'd been having this feelings of zeroness. Of HERE-I-AM-AND-IT-JUST-DOESN'T-MATTER.

More and more, I'd been having this feelings of zeroness. Of HERE-I-AM-AND-IT-JUST-DOESN'T-MATTER.

Jerry Stahl quotes: For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt.

For me there was never a lot of glamor involved in being a junkie, it was about trying to hide the puke and bloodstains on my shirt.

Jerry Stahl quotes: I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.

I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than life.

Jerry Stahl quotes: Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women.

Let me tell you something. Boring women get a bad rap. There's a lot to be said for boring women.