“Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, [Strayed] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering everything from loveless marriages to abusive, drug-addicted brothers to disfiguring illnesses. The result: intimate, in-depth essays that not only took the letter writer's life into account but also Strayed's. Collected in a book, they make for riveting, emotionally charged reading (translation: be prepared to bawl) that leaves you significantly wiser for the experience. . . . Moving. . . . compassionate.” BookMovingSufferingReadingNamesResultsAdviceBrotherDrugLettersAccountsPreparedDepthIllnessIntimatePensCompassionateSugarWiserBe PreparedEssaysTranslationsWebsiteColumnsAbusiveLovelessReplyingLoveless Marriage Author:Leigh Newman
“I'm finding that people reading the book [The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star] are saying, "You came from one background, I came from this background - you were a rock star, I was a CEO. I didn't have a heroin/coke problem, but I had a pill problem. But I also fell from grace, didn't know how to get recovery, and I am now in recovery." People tell me that their kids read it and told them they'll never do drugs - "This book really shows me where it goes."” PeopleKnowsYearsBookShowsProblemKidsReadingStarsKnow HowGraceRocksDrugFindingsBackgroundsRecoveryShow MeCeoPillsDiariesRock StarShatteredHeroinCoke Author:Nikki Sixx
“I was reading an interview with Keith Richards in a magazine and in the interview Keith Richards intimated that kids should not do drugs. Keith Richards! Says that kids should not do drugs! Keith, we can't do any more drugs because you already f-king did them all, alright? There's none left! We have to wait 'til you die and smoke your ashes! Jesus Christ! Talk about the pot and the f-kin' kettle.” ShouldKidsDiesReadingJesusLeftWaitingChristKingsDrugJesus ChristMagazinesSmokeInterviewsPotAshesAlrightKeithKettles Author:Denis Leary
“To solve the drug problem, we have to start at the root - first grade. If a boy has all the toys in his head that reading can give him, and you hook him into science fiction, then you've got the future secured.” IfsGivingFirstsProblemReadingFictionBoysDrugRootsScience FictionSolveGradesToysHookSecured Author:Ray Bradbury
“I remember reading scripts when I started in the business, and [Latino roles] were either nonexistent or written as the maid or a drug dealer. We're no longer just that. I'll play any part that challenges me. What's important is that all races have choices.” ImportantPlayRememberChoicesReadingChallengesRaceRolesWrittenDrugScriptsLatinoWhat's ImportantMaidsDealerDrug Dealers Author:Eva Mendes
“I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want.” PeopleWantBookUseReadingDrugExpensiveHotelReading BooksLots Of Money Author:Tao Lin
“When I got into my early 20s, I was going to bed one nightI was still drinking, still using drugs, and probably was drunk or high or both when I just picked up the Bible and started reading to go to sleep. I was amazed at how well I slept, but even beyond that, the next day, there was this peace of mind that was still there that I wasnt used to.” MindWellsStillsUsedReadingNextSleepDrugBedDrinkingDrunkPeace Of MindAmazedNext DayGoing To SleepEarly 20s Author:Randy Travis
“I brought something back from those experiences [with drugs] which made me softer, open to other ideas. And I've learned from listening to other people talk about their experiences, from listening to Bill Hicks or reading Terrence McKenna or Aldous Huxley and Timothy Leary. But there's always some dumb cop out there who says "We don't need another legal drug and there's psychological addiction and blah blah blah."” PeopleNeedsMadeIdeasReadingListeningDrugBillsAddictionPsychologicalDumbI've LearnedCopBlahListening To OthersHuxleyHicks Author:Joe Rogan
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” UsedCoursesReadingPowerfulSilenceMankindHealthCommunicationDrugSelf ImprovementParentingAlcoholCommunication SkillsMost PowerfulPower Of WordsPublic SpeakingFew WordsSpoken WordRight WordsPresentation SkillsEffective CommunicationPowerful WordsSpeaking In PublicUse Of LanguageUsing WordsLanguage WordsLanguages CommunicationPower Of LanguageLanguage And PowerCareless Words Author:Rudyard Kipling
“All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words.” BookDreamReadingCuttingDrug Author:Amy Lowell
“By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well, just not reading it to be perfectly honest with you. I know it's a bit of a copout.” KnowsWellsFeelingsReadingBitsHonestCryDrugBedDrinkingTempted Author:Jo Brand
“I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.” I CanReadingDrugAddict Author:Hugo Chavez
“Clockers" asks--almost in passing, and there's a lot more to it than this--a pretty interesting question: if you choose to work for the minimum wage when everyone around you is pocketing thousands from drug deals, then what does that do to you, to your head and to your heart? (Hornby's thoughts after reading "Clockers" by Richard Price)” IfsHeartDoeReadingAsksInterestingDealsDrugPassingPassingsYou ChooseMinimumMinimum Wage Author:Nick Hornby