I am becoming used to an overwhelming, grinding mixture of anger and worry.

Anyone who has lived through it, or those who are now living through it, knows that caring about an addict is as complex and fraught and debilitating as addiction itself.

I didn't cause it. I can't control it. I can't cure it.

How can both Nics, the loving and considerate and generous one, and the self-obsessed and self-destructive one, be the same person?

A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.

I'm not sure if I know any 'functional' families, if functional means a family without difficult times and members who don't have a full range of problems.

The hopeful part about that is when you do have that help, you will feel better. It still doesn't make this easy. Nothing makes this easy, but you can make better decisions.

An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.

We deny the severity of our loved one's problem not because we are naive, but because we can't know.

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

Greatness has a fragrance. Get close to it and that fragrance will arouse your potential.

Do I haste to live? Definitely, no. I endeavour to surpass tomorrow's me.

Once upon a time, a king came to earth to tell stories, and the stories contained the mystery of eternal life.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

If somebody can inspire me, it feels really special

I remember making a videotape in a fancy hair salon in Beverly Hills. The soundtrack in the salon had a whole worldview behind it - I was interested in things like that.

You must never forget to smile.

I find love from time to time.

Racism is still America's greatest addiction. I also believe that America is the greatest sin against God.

The Palestinian Rifle is ready and we will aim it if they try to prevent us from praying in Jerusalem.