"He's already being made into a martyr. He's become a metaphor
for a fallen angel, a messiah. He wasn't. He was just a boy, a
very good-hearted boy who was very fucked-up and had no idea how
to implement his good intentions. I don't want to be comforted
by his death. I think it's right that I'm angry about it, angry
at the people who helped him stay sick, and angry at River."
Martha Plimpton
"I remember River as a very intense, and quiet person. He was very kind to me,
but also very distant. Of course, my memories are colored by the haze of time,
viewed through the eyes of a 12 year old, and he will always be 15 to me . . . River had
chances I DREAM of having, he was on his way to being a HUGE leading man.
He could have opened a movie someday. And he totally blew it. And for what?
What a colossal waste. And his blood is on the hands of every sycophantic
agent, manager and producer who enabled him for fear of upsetting their
cash-cow. Shame on them, and shame on all of us for not taking a stand against
drug abuse and alcohol abuse. DYING FROM AN OVERDOSE IS NOT COOL.
IT IS NOT FUN, IT IS NOT ROMANTIC, IT'S JUST ***OVER*** Goodbye,
you're dead. What a waste." Wil Wheaton
