Addict Quote by William S. Burroughs

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was…

— Harry Mathews

I got addicted to the addiction book. I actually started developing all the addictions of the people in the book that I was writing…

— Susan Shapiro

I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I always thought I'd write when I retired - when I turned 65. But by the time I was 33, to tell you the…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.

— M. John Harrison

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

Writings like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.

— M. John Harrison

I began my addiction when I was 12 years old. By the time 40, 45 years later, when it, you know, it threatened my…

— Joe Eszterhas

Addiction is a very compelling subject for literature - especially now that it's nearly impossible to come out of adult experience without some addiction…

— Porochista Khakpour

I always wrote as a vehicle for expression but did not try writing for publication until my mid-thirties, at which time I started writing…

— Elizabeth Berg

In my early twenties, that's when I really began to write. Before that, I was too busy working, keeping myself going.

— Paula Fox

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it…

— Matthew Perry