“Johnny Depp is, to me, a rare kindred spirit with like sensibilities, who has escaped the beast. He's probably one of the few people that have survived Los Angeles as a human being.” PeopleHumansSpiritHuman BeingsBeastLos AngelesSensibilitySurvivedKindredKindred Spirit Author:Nick Tosches
“People speaking into handheld devices while they walk down the street and saying to the device, "I'm walking down the street now." People are enslaved. I was just up in the country for a few days last week and it was great: no television, no telephone, no nothing. I walked through the woods, sat around, smoked. And it was lovely. I think the desire to be free has mutated, and we now live in an era when the slaves celebrate their slavery - this whole corporate concept of being part of a "team" at work.” PeopleThinkingCountryDesireWeekTeamWalkingSlaverySlaveLovelyCelebrateSat Author:Nick Tosches
“People think they're gonna make a living off poetry. Ten years ago, maybe a couple of people did. Right now, no one, I don't think.” PeopleThinkingCouple Author:Nick Tosches
“The appeal for drugs has dwindled. Except for actual opium. If I could get real opium, I'd stir it in my hot coffee every morning. People keep giving me marijuana. I've got pouches in a drawer. I've been meaning to smoke a joint and watch Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. I planned to do this three months ago and I still haven't gotten around to it.” PeopleGivingRealMorningDrugHotCoffeeMarijuanaEvery MorningGet RealOpium Author:Nick Tosches
“You got guys that are so old, you see them eating lunch, the drool's just coming from their mouth, and they're sending around memos about 10 percent crosscuts. If I had one tenth of their money, I would be free. They don't know what freedom is. It's a disease. You're one of the rare people that is given freedom, and what do you do with it? You don't live. You choose to be dead in life. Money buys freedom. I mean why is this guy with the slobber worried about taking food off other people's tables? His $19 billion won't get him from where he is to the grave comfortably? That to me is a disease.” PeopleMeanGuyEatingWorriedYou Choose Author:Nick Tosches
“I think the tendency with parents is to make your kid not unlike the next kid but to overprotect and say, "My way's better than whatever you've got in mind." But by the time that tie's over that shoulder and they're drinking that obligatory brewski with the boys, it's like, Man, who are you people?” PeopleThinkingMenMindKidsParentBoysDrinking Author:Nick Tosches
