“Every day I ran to that book like it was a bottle of whiskey and crawled inside because it was a world that I had at least some control over, and slowly, in time, it began to take shape.”

“A loss of any kind is horrible. Not because it takes away, but because it makes you believe- in newspapers, in tomatoes, in empty whiskey bottles.”

“A book is simply the container of an idea—like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.”

“I'm an insider, I been burned by the fire.
And I've had to live with some hard promises.
I've crawled through the briars,
I'm an insider.”

“I thought about the days i had handed over to a bottle.. the nights i can't remember.. the mornings i slept thru.. all the time spent running from myself.”

“I crawled into my book and pulled the pages over my head…”

“In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control; even over his own will.”

“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”

“Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.”

“I was born a Hindu because I had no control over this, but I shall not die a Hindu.”