Charlie Brooker Quotes

I see people with laptops as being enslaved to something they can't live without.

'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.

There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.

Why do alcoholics begin down the same hazardous road day after day? They are in search of that elusive window of well-being that opens when you drink your way out of a hangover and aren't yet drunk all over again. The alcoholic's day consists of trying to keep that window open.

But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much. And that was just the valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through.

Caffeine. The gateway drug.

That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

I borrowed a creaky laptop from my husband, went into the web, and never came back.

There is a quality of selfishness that is associated with an individual when they are in the depths of addiction.

Alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical drugs are legal, but they can hurt a lot of people.

I just love having a buzz all the time, regardless of the consequences.

I knew how it was with drunks. They ran out of generosity, even for themselves.

Cigarettes and coffee: an alcoholic's best friend!

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

It's easy to blame technology for what we perceive to be a vast disconnect between people. We're so wrapped up in social media, texting, online dating - in many ways, we're addicted to our devices.

From techies to film stars and kids, everyone is addicted to technology in different ways.

I feel like a caffeine addict.

Going to 125, I don't even want to talk about it. I tried it for two days and after that, I can't.

We will hear more regrets from founders of tech companies about the addictive technologies they have launched.

It's very addictive having a hit.

Drugs feel great in the beginning and become a drag later on.

I'd go on runs [on cocaine ], four and five days without sleep. Then I'd crash and sleep about 18 hours a day for seven to ten days. Then it would take a few more weeks to get over a vague sort of depression. Then I'd be off on another run.

I've never smoked crack. I've never done most things, drug-wise. But I assume that the experience I had watching Lost is the experience that crack addicts have smoking crack.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

In experimental art, men are given the exact specifications of coming violence to their own psyches from their own counter-irritant or technology... But the counter-irritant usually proves a greater plague than the initial irritant, like a drug habit.