It’s a sense of doing something that can improve the quality of life for people, … Of course I admire (Trotsky), I think he was an incredibly visionary individual.

In animal studies … exercise has been found to increase dopamine levels and to raise the number of dopamine receptors,

It’s a compulsion, it’s a need that goes beyond the ability to consciously control it, and in that respect it’s very similar to drug addiction.

If she wants to make business with this object, then I really don’t want to collaborate with her,

There’s a pattern of brain changes that we have shown is common across various types of addiction that we’ve also seen in pathologically obese individuals,

They become part of our everyday lives. You see an ad for medication the way you see an ad for shampoo, and the message is that it’s just like an everyday thing.

The inability to stop is the essence of what addiction is, … my favorite drug was more and all.

One of the most powerful things that makes us feel good is when someone we admire, appreciate, for example, values us.

I do believe we all have a responsibility with our lives. It’s just an extraordinary miracle that we exist, as a person with our unique characteristics.

When you hunt animals, you may succeed or not. But when you open the fridge, you will succeed 100 percent of the time.

When you start to live in a situation like that . . . it creates a sense of responsibility to your own life to do something that can help others.

I could have gone for gambling or sex addiction, … But I went for obesity because of the tremendous impact it has.

NIDA hopes to decrease the prevalence of this problem by increasing awareness and promoting additional research on prescription drug abuse. Prescription drug abuse is not a new problem, but one that deserves renewed attention.