45 Quotes by Jerry Stahl

Mom lived in 709. Five doors down from 714, the number they stamped on Quaaludes.

I think there’s a phenomenon of people who want to be around something that seems “dangerous.” It makes them feel more real.

Half the reason I turned into a writer is you didn’t have to show up anywhere. You could work naked.

You can’t really compare hells. But I suppose the hell of being strung out on another person’s addictive behavior is its own special thing.

I always figured I myself would never be lucky enough to die, I’d just live on and on in this increasingly dreary spiral.

Not doing something crude right off is about as close as a guy like me ever gets to class.

Nothing ever turns me on so much in a woman as unhappiness.

I’ve always wanted to be a guy with a rec room.

Creativity is the opposite of TV.