Party Monster Quotes

“Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there's always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“If we're all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way down”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“I give you bitter pills, in a sugar coating. The pills are harmless - the poison's in the sugar”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“People die all around us all the time. Drop like flies. Overdose. Aids. Sometimes they kill themselves. People come. They go. Dying is the same as rehab or moving back to Missouri. It just means I won't be seeing them again”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“We didn't wish -- wishes are wasted...
We didn't hope -- because our future was inevitable...
And we didn't pray -- we were on our own.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“There are times when the world slips out of control. It's like an accident that is happening too quickly , and you can't stop it, you can't think about it, you have no choice but to lean back and watch as everything changes forever.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“and so it came to pass that i was strapped to a gurney and covered in raw liver and slabs of beef that very quickly turned rancid under the bright spotlights. there exists a videotape somewhere that documents me being wheeled about the dance floor by two burly "orderlies," while i desperately search for a bathroom big enough to accommodate the stretcher so i can do a bump of cocaine. watching me retch from the decomposing meat, and simultaneously fiend for drugs, makes for an entertaining time, indeed.

when i told my mother the extremes i went to in order to make a living, she just shook her head and said, "now don't you wish you'd finished college, dear?"

mothers are so wise, sometimes.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“No, Michael, I do not trust you on a boat, I do not trust you on a goat. I do not trust you here. I do not trust you there. I do not trust you anywhere.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry innerverse.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“When you let the wolves guard the hen house, there's bound to be a few chicken dinners.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“I don’t know how you look at the inside of your head — what metaphor you choose — but for those of us with endless yawning stretches of interior and nothing but nothing to stop us from getting lost in it, drugs can be wonderfully helpful.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little. How sad.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“So let's start at the very begining (a very good place to start...)”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“And what do we have here? A scary monster, cowboy, and a fairy princess! Here's a hit of ecstasy, run along now.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“We're like two peas in a pod""Pity the pod”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“If letters had eyebrows, these would be arched.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Speaking from experince, there are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their heads. It's a spooky thing to be left alone inside an angry inner-verse.
Drugs redirect the fall. They cushion it. Give you a parachute. Or maybe just a flashlight and scuba gear. I don't know how you look at the inside of your head-- what metaphor you choose-- but for those of us with endless yawning stretches of interior and nothing but nothing to stop us from getting lost in it, drugs can be wonderfully helpful.
For a time.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Why, oh why, must we always go through pigs to get our truffles?”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Or you can look further and read into it a parable, an allegory maybe, a metaphor for how people and things were loved and discarded based upon their immediate value.”
― St. James, James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Drug addicts are so funny that way. Just spinning around, lost in their own little world. Doing so much, accomplishing so little.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Speaking from experience, there are people who have too much space between their ears, and given the time, do nothing but free fall forever inside their heads.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“How bloated we all are to think that our childhoods matter, that anybody really cares about our little lives.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“You see, I just love analogies. Give me a good old analogy any day.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“You always remember your first overdose.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Every degree of power involves a corresponding degree of freedo from good and evil.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“If we’re all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well make it a party on the way down.”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“First: Spend at least six hours getting ready. Study yourself in the mirror at home. Is your hairdo media-friendly? Will your outfit read in black and white? Does your “look” inspire at least two clever sound bites?”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“forever. You’ve lost control, you say to yourself, as the wheel of the world slips from your hands—“It’s happening too fast”—and all you can do is wait for the ride to end, the car to crash, the world to stop. It’s like chasing after time, chasing after the things that have already happened, because the drugs have made you too slow. You’re thick and awkward, but if you can just catch up, then maybe you can grab it, maybe you can grab at time and stop it—”
― James St. James, Party Monster: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland

“Funny, that no matter where you are in the world, there’s always someone eager to help you destroy yourself.”
― James St. James, Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland