“There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.” IfsKnowsTryingBigsKnow HowPersonalityInvolvedDrugAlcoholSongwritersSinger SongwritersDrugs And AlcoholUnsure Author:Barry Mann
“Well, again, a gun sale database is just trying to get the Department of Justice to keep track of the guns that they're purchasing and supplying to drug dealers and murderers. I mean, wow. Come on, let's get the government under control before we start restricting the rights of - innocent citizens.” TryingWellsMeanGovernmentJusticeRightsCitizensDrugGunTrackInnocentDepartmentWowMurdererDealerPurchasingDrug DealersDatabases Author:John Mica
“Sometimes we drug ourselves with dreams of new ideasl The head will save us. The brain alone will set us free. But there are no new ideas waiting in the wings to save us as women, as human. There are only old and forgotten ones, new combinations, extrapolations and recognitions from within ourselves--along with the renewed courage to try them out.” TryingHumansIdeasSometimesDreamWaitingBrainDrugWingsForgottenRecognitionCombinationNew Ideas Author:Audre Lorde
“I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a story no matter how bizarre it is, [or] going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on the Proud Highway.” WritingTryingLittlesMatterStoriesRealityFoundImagineHavensProudDrugSittingGoing OutDesksBizarreHighwaysLittle TimeWeirdness Book:Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“A werewolf tossed me against a giant packing crate while I was trying to rescue a frightened young girl who'd been kidnapped by an evil witch and a drug lord.” TryingYoungGirlEvilLordDrugExcuseGiantsFrightenedWitchRescueWerewolfPackingKidnapped Book:Moon Called Source: Moon Called
“I was thinking how amazing it was that the world contained so many lives. Out in these streets people were embroiled in a thousand different matters, money problems, love problems, school problems. People were falling in love, getting married, going to drug rehab, learning how to ice-skate, getting bifocals, studying for exams, trying on clothes, getting their hair-cut and getting born. And in some houses people were getting old and sick and were dying, leaving others to grieve. It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDifferentMatterProblemSchoolFallHouseBornStudyCuttingStreetsDyingHairDrugThousandMarriedClothesHappeningsSickFalling In LoveLeavingIceGrievingGetting OldGetting MarriedExamUnnoticedRehabSkatesHair CutMoney ProblemThese StreetsBifocalsProblems Love Author:Jeffrey Eugenides