David Sheff





David Sheff

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DAVID SHEFF is the author of the #1 New York Times-bestselling memoir Beautiful Boy. Sheff's other books include Game Over, China Dawn, and All We Are Saying. His many articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Playboy, Wired, Fortune, and elsewhere. His ongoing research and reporting on the science of addiction earned him a place on Time Magazine's list of the World's Most Influential People. Sheff and his family live in Inverness, California.


Average rating: 3.98 · 21,182 ratings · 2,565 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
Beautiful Boy: A Father's J...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 20,595 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions
Game Over, Press Start to C...
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4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 273 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions
All We Are Saying: The Last...
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4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 1900 — 4 editions
Playboy Interview with John...
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Clean: Overcoming Addiction...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions
China Dawn: Culture and Con...
3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
Video Games:: A Guide for S...
2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1994
Unt On Internet In China
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Last Interview
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“In his suicide note, Kurt Cobain wrote, "It's better to burn out than to fade away." He was quoting a Neil Young song about Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols. When I was twenty-four, I interviewed John Lennon. I asked him about this sentiment, one that pervades rock and roll. He took strong, outraged exception to it. "It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out, " he said. "I worship people who survive. I'll take the living and the healthy.”
David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

“An alcoholic will steal your wallet and lie to you. A drug addict will steal your wallet and then help you look for it.”
David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

“A world of contradictions, wherein everything is gray and almost nothing is black and white.”
David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

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