“You're a romanticist. What do you think a man is, a papaya? To digest your dinner? In pill form?”

“You know you've got problems when your head is hanging over the toilet, puking up your dinner, and what you're thinking of is your dad. And how he thinks you're not pretty.”

“How do you know I'm a romanticist?" Like most romanticists Anwar too prided himself on being a realist.”

“Well, if you wake up intending to murder someone at two o'clock, you hardly think what you're going to feed the corpse for dinner.”

“Mark Arm: [On discussing not being on drugs] Kurt was just fuckin' loaded on pills, and I said something like, "You just gotta want to do it bad enough." What I regret not saying is, "You need to dump your junkie wife, because you're not going to be able to do this while you're in a partnership with someone who's also an enthusiast.”

“If you want to see a man come to his senses, try something like, Do you happen to carry a rubber in your wallet? Did I mention I'm not on the pill?”