“Jenna tried to take deep breaths and lose herself in the normally calming wave motions of the stingray exhibit. But the wave of nausea followed by the smell of penguin poop kept wafting into her nostrils, telling her to get out now! There is no time!”— Reductress, reductress.com
“[Commiserating with Lurasetti about his career during a stakeout] For a lot of years I believed that the quality of my work, what we do together, what I did with my previous partners... would get me what I deserved. But I don't politic and I don't change with the times, and it turns out that shit's…”— S. Craig Zahler, Brett Ridgeman, Mel Gibson, imdb.com
“I don’t regret anything. Well, I regret taking the drugs for as long as I did.”— Elton John, rollingstone.com
“I bought an embroidered pillow for $4,000. Then I overdosed on heroin the same day. That’ll be in my next book.”— Cat Marnell, thecut.com
“This is the feeling I have been searching for my entire life, for as long as I could remember. Because suddenly, the world went quiet. And I felt safe, in my own head.”— Sam Levinson, Rue Bennett, Zendaya, youtube.com
“People ask me how I quit painkillers and I’m embarrassed to give them the answer because it didn’t involve me hitting a rock bottom or going to rehab or joining NA. It involved me moving to LA.”— Ryan O’Connell, mylivejournalsucks.tumblr.com
“When I discovered drugs my world went from black and white to technicolor. I can never give that up.”— Felix van Groeningen, Luke Davies, Nicholas "Nic" Sheff, imdb.com
“All I can tell you is what you already know. Call your sponsor. Get help. I love you and I hope you get your life together.”— Felix van Groeningen, Luke Davies, David Sheff, Steve Carell, imdb.com
“The thing is, as the months go by, you seem to forget why you needed to get sober. I tell myself I wasn’t really out of control.”— Felix van Groeningen, Luke Davies, Nicholas "Nic" Sheff, Timothee Chalamet, imdb.com
“Here’s a life lesson for you kids: it’s much easier to go through something upsetting when you’re on drugs. The more intense the drug, the more you forget your problems! It’s basic science, really.”— Cat Marnell, amazon.com
“What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal—because it's not. We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don't call it medicine—that is a joke.”— Chuck Rosenberg, theatlantic.com
“Who loves drugs more than me?”— Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, Nadia Vulvokov, Natasha Lyonne, imdb.com
“My mother's mother worked at a ball-bearing plant. She was a steelworker at a time when it wasn't common to see a woman in that position. Eventually she became a union leader and an activist, trying to stop drugs in her community. (She and her family were pushed out of their neighborhood by drug dea…”— Lisa Blunt Rochester, elle.com
“Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback.”— Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, Jeff Bridges, imdb.com
“Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free!”— Richard Curtis, Billy Mack, Bill Nighy, imdb.com
“Ty Webb: You take drugs, Danny? Danny Noonan: Every day. Ty Webb: Good.”— Douglas Kenney, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Ty Webb, Chevy Chase, imdb.com
“Kat Stratford: We're going now. Walter Stratford: Alright, wait a minute. No drinking, no drugs, no kissing, no tattoos, no piercings, no ritual animal slaughters of any kind. Oh, God, I'm giving them ideas.”— Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, Katarina "Kat" Stratford, Julia Stiles, imdb.com
“Speaking of shorties, would anyone like to smoke some illegal narcotics?”— Jim Fortier, Pete Smith, Andy Merrill, Thundercleese (voice), Carey Means, imdb.com
“I see you two, three times a week. Ain't got no money in my jeans. So help me out, I need to breathe. Help me out, I need to breathe. Take a ride inside your whip, I pass the aux, you pass the spliff. We can escape into the bliss.”— Carlie Hanson, open.spotify.com