People drink and do drugs for a reason. Cause it makes them feel good - until it doesn't anymore.

We can't arrest and incarcerate addiction out of people. Not only do I think it's really inhumane, but it's ineffective and it cost us billions upon billions of dollars to keep doing this.

I think it's overly simplistic to say that any one single strategy is going to really change the focus and change the trajectory of drug use.

If I, in some small way can help people to see that there is this huge, incredible life on the other side of addiction, you know, I will feel accomplished in my job.

Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use drugs because they lack willpower.

Blunt force didn't knock out the drug epidemic. 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs or alcohol. And half of all federal inmates are in for drug crimes.

The hallmark of addiction is that it changes your brain chemistry. It actually affects that part of your brain that's responsible for judgment.

I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.

I would say that I probably had an unhealthy love affair with drinking. I grew up as this kind of insecure kid, you know, kind of making my way. And drinking took all of that away.

. . . if you can't see the good man he is, you need to unscrew them eyeballs of yours and try on a different pair.

Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

There is nothing more important and precious on earth than the opportunity to love and appreciate.

Peace in this world, and eternal life in the world to come

With creative people, truly new horizons open up.

Aristippus said that a wise man's country was the world.

I didn't go to school for fashion, I didn't have anybody to teach me anything about fashion - that's all I knew how to do, graphic design.

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

Everybody, everybody wants to be loved

I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.