The Dirty Gypsy

[NO SPOILERS]A reminder to those who were shaken by the latest episode…

“He’s had so many chances. He’s overdosed twelve times. Most people don’t even survive one overdose. We talk pretty openly in our family about how everyone would be better off if my brother was dead. We talk about it as if it’s a small thing. It’s a little more nuanced now, because he has a three year old child. But even the child would be better off without a heroin addict for a father.”

(via thedirtygypsy)

"I kind of miss the pressure that I used to put on myself."

"When I was in college, I felt like I had all of this creativity and potential, and I felt like all the papers and projects were holding me back from doing what I really wanted to do. Now I’m realizing that they were the main thing motivating me to do work."

“I’d been doing nothing but drinking for months on end, so I was getting pretty despondent. Then one day, a guy walked by with a hand truck, and dropped off two big boxes of books for anyone to take. I decided to set up a bookstand. I got a folding table, and three milk cartons, and set up right across the street. Pretty soon, more people were bringing me books, and I would sell them for $1 apiece. I had a pretty cool selection. I even had books from the 1800’s. But I sold them all for just $1. I called my business The Book Worm. I had a logo and everything—a little worm with reading glasses. I didn’t make much money. Just enough for food and some drinks, but it increased my self-esteem 10,000 percent. I never thought I’d be running my own business. I was drinking less and everything. But somebody took my folding table, so I’m out of business until I can find a new one. It sounds kind of ridiculous, but the whole business hinges on a folding table.”

"I want to be the biggest graphic designer in New York. But first I’ve got to figure out how I can afford to live here."