An extraordinary writer....It is the vastness of Nick Tosches’ heart that makes it possible to reveal the darkness.

Eventually we all have to accept full and total responsibility for our actions, everything we have done, and have not done.

He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.

There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed.

But to believe that getting stuff is the purpose and aim of life is madness.

I knew the alphabet. Maybe I could be a writer.

No matter how beautiful the outside may be, the inside still has feelings and needs that just words don't fulfill.

Everything about it was wrong. Thats why it worked so good.

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

For weeks Tyrone thought he was going to die any minute, and there were also times when he was afraid he wasnt going to die.

Life was not longer something to endure, but to live.

When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.

Give as few orders as possible, " his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

For every blissful moment you must an anguish meet.

We are not defined by the things we accumulate, but by the memories we impart.

Be noble minded! Our own heart, and not other men's opinions of us, forms our true honor.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness.

Children are more influenced by sermons you act than by sermons you preach.

Sometimes people say, do you want a drink? And I say, oh, I'd like to, but I'm a tragic alcoholic. I always say tragic. I'm a tragic alcoholic.

Chess is the touchstone of intellect.