As a young man, I felt a need to communicate with somebody or something, but it seemed in my own particular environment that that wasn't an option. On the other hand, I probably lacked the courage to do so, even… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
Mortality applies to every aspect of life. The fear of death is the driving fear of life. — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
They say nobody has the attention span to read great books early in life. If I start to read something good, I'll look and… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to a fine and ethereal substantiality. My Unwritten Books is a gathering of shades, an elegant and eloquent gathering of mind, feeling, and autumnal passion. (...) And that is the lovely irony of this unique little… — Nick Tosches Copy Share
You're never gonna outwrite the movement of the white clouds and the blue sky. You're never going to. There are times when I try… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
Johnny Depp is, to me, a rare kindred spirit with like sensibilities, who has escaped the beast. He's probably one of the few people… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
“I believe in the power of origins, a belief that, as Ecclesiastes put it, 'that wich is done is that wich shall be done: and there is no new thing under de sun'; that we claim as originality and discovery are nothing but the airs and delusios of our innocence, ignorance, and arrogance: that whatever is said was said better… — Nick Tosches Copy Share
The appeal for drugs has dwindled. Except for actual opium. If I could get real opium, I'd stir it in my hot coffee every morning. People keep giving me marijuana. I've got pouches in a drawer. I've been meaning to smoke a joint and watch Abbott and Costello Go to Mars. I planned to do this three months ago and… — Nick Tosches Copy Share
My father, God bless him, thought it was such an impossible desire to be able to make a living the way I do. I… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
As a young man, I felt a need to communicate with somebody or something, but it seemed in my own particular environment that that… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
I wanted to just get a job so I could have enough money for my own apartment and be able to get drunk. And… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
