TV Writer Jerry Stahl on Kicking the Habit
Writer Jerry Stahl. His 1995 memoir is Permanent Midnight (Warner Bros) has just been published in paperback. Stahl was a successful journalist, a scriptwriter for cult film classics like "Cafe Flesh," and "Dr. Caligari," who went on to write for the hit TV shows "Moonlighting," "ALF" and "thirtysomething." Stahl was also a junkie. He writes in his memoir, "You might say that success ruined me. You might say I ruined success." Stahl is now a freelance writer for British Esquire, Details, L.A.Weekly, Buzz. (Originally broadcast 5/17/95)
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