“She was addicted to literature like some people were addicted to heroin.”
“I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes. ”
“He was like chocolate-covered heroin, and I was an addict through and through.”
“Novel writing is like heroin addiction; it takes everything you've got.”
“His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”
“Just as a heroin addict chases a substance-induced high, sex addicts are bingeing on chemicals — in this case, their own hormones.”