"Diane was my wife. I loved her, and she loved dope. So we made a good couple."

"After any kind of drug haul, everyone in the crew indulged. I laughed to myself as I pictured blues and Dilaudid in s…"

"Most people don't know how they're gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. A…"

"We played a game you couldn't win... to the utmost."

"Man, I love cops. If there were no hot shit cops like Gentry around, the competition would be so heavy there'd be not…"

"All these kids, they're all TV babies. Watching people killing and fucking each other on the boob tube for so long it…"

"Well, to begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody, can talk a junkie out of using. You can talk to 'em for years but soo…"

"I knew it in my heart. You can buck the system but you can't buck the dark forces that lie hidden beneath the surface…"

"There's nothing more life-affirming than getting the shit kicked out of you."

"Lord, it's my dope fiend thief of a son and his crazy little nymphomaniac wife."