"You know the animal that kills the most people in the world? The Hepatitis Bee."

“I mean, at the end of the day, what the hell does it matter who I end up with if it can't be you?”

“God created the world out of nothing, and so long as we are nothing, He can make something out of us.”

“You figure that time could heal all wounds, but some people just really hold a crazy grudge.”

Source : "Steven Adler on a Guns N' Roses Hall of Fame Reunion". Interview with Andy Greene, www.rollingstone.com. December 7, 2011.

“Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.”

“Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely unavoidable.”

“Art arises from loss. I wish this weren't the case. I wish that every time I met a new woman and she rocked my world, I was inspired to write my ***** off. But that is not what happens. What happens is we lie around in bed eating chocolate and screwing. Art is what happens when things don't work out, when you're licking your wounds. Art is, to a larger extent than people would like to think, a productive licking of the wounds.”

Source : Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.38, Algonquin Books

“My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.”

“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. That's what I mean when I say branding and developing yourself, as a business.”