The Past Doesn't Matter. People Cling To

I Just Started Trying To Figure Out How To Write [something] Which Was Unlike Anything Anybody Had Ever Seen, And Once I Felt Like I Had Figured That Out I Tried To Figure Out What Kind Of Book I Could Write That Would Be Unlike Anything Anybody Had Ever Seen. When I Started Writing A Million Little Pieces I Felt Like It Was The Right Story With The Style I Had Been Looking For, And I Just Kept Going.

The Way America Works, And The Way L.a. Works, Is A Very Small Percentage Of People Get What They Want Out Of Life, And A Much Greater Percentage Try Very Very Hard And They Don't. That's Just The Way It Is.

There Is No Fear. Absolutely No Fear. When One Lives Without Fear, One Cannot Be Broken. When One Lives With Fear One Is Broken Before One Begins To Live.

Addicts, As A Group, Generally Score Far Above Average O Intelligence Tests. Why? You Tell Me. I Guess Maybe We're Smart Enough To Have Figured Out How Shitty Things Are And We Decide Addiction Is The Only Way To Deal With It.

I Have A Great Amount Of Confidence And Faith In My Abilities To Write. There Are Other Areas Of My Life Where I'm Not As Confident, And Have Not As Much Faith, But When It Comes Down To Writing And Working, I Don't Worry About It. I Trust Myself To Get It Right.