Damien Echols

I went from solitary confinement to the streets of Manhattan literally overnight. It was like being bombarded with everything you can imagine. And I kind of wanted to make up for everything that I had missed and not experienced. I lived on the streets of New York for years when I first got out. I wanted to see everything, do everything.

I went from solitary confinement to the streets of Manhattan literally overnight. It was like being bombarded with everything you can imagine. And I kind of wanted to make up for everything that I had missed and not experienced. I lived on the streets of New York for years when I first got out. I wanted to see everything, do everything.

I would go stand in drugstores and just look at all the ink pens and the chocolate bars and just the stuff that I hadn't seen in years and years. And it got me further and further away from having a consistent routine. Part of what started allowing me to heal was getting back

I would go stand in drugstores and just look at all the ink pens and the chocolate bars and just the stuff that I hadn't seen in years and years. And it got me further and further away from having a consistent routine. Part of what started allowing me to heal was getting back

I would go stand in drugstores and just look at all the ink pens and the chocolate bars and just the stuff that I hadn't seen in years and years. And it got me further and further away from having a consistent routine. Part of what started allowing me to heal was getting back

to the same things that it allowed me to find contentment and growth in prison, which is in a lot of ways shutting myself off from the world. Really, other than whatever I'm doing work-wise, whether it's being on Patreon and doing live streams on there or writing the occasional book and have to do a book tour or something, for the most part, I found that I...

to the same things that it allowed me to find contentment and growth in prison, which is in a lot of ways shutting myself off from the world. Really, other than whatever I'm doing work-wise, whether it's being on Patreon and doing live streams on there or writing the occasional book and have to do a book tour or something, for the most part, I found that I...

to the same things that it allowed me to find contentment and growth in prison, which is in a lot of ways shutting myself off from the world. Really, other than whatever I'm doing work-wise, whether it's being on Patreon and doing live streams on there or writing the occasional book and have to do a book tour or something, for the most part, I found that I...

am the most content when I am living a very monastic kind of life. You know, I get up every single day and I start practicing karate every single morning. And that's pretty much what my days are dedicated to now. And as long as I do that, I find that I am probably happier than 90 percent of the people that I come across in the world. I find that that is the key.

am the most content when I am living a very monastic kind of life. You know, I get up every single day and I start practicing karate every single morning. And that's pretty much what my days are dedicated to now. And as long as I do that, I find that I am probably happier than 90 percent of the people that I come across in the world. I find that that is the key.

am the most content when I am living a very monastic kind of life. You know, I get up every single day and I start practicing karate every single morning. And that's pretty much what my days are dedicated to now. And as long as I do that, I find that I am probably happier than 90 percent of the people that I come across in the world. I find that that is the key.

Yes, yes. You have to get to love it. Like, you have to realize that this discipline, you know, it might be hard. Like, it's a sacrifice. You sacrifice going on, you know, drunken benders or football games or, you know, whatever it is that people do. You sacrifice a lot of that socialness that people get lost in, but... It comes with, you know, a hell of a reward if you do.

Yes, yes. You have to get to love it. Like, you have to realize that this discipline, you know, it might be hard. Like, it's a sacrifice. You sacrifice going on, you know, drunken benders or football games or, you know, whatever it is that people do. You sacrifice a lot of that socialness that people get lost in, but... It comes with, you know, a hell of a reward if you do.

Yes, yes. You have to get to love it. Like, you have to realize that this discipline, you know, it might be hard. Like, it's a sacrifice. You sacrifice going on, you know, drunken benders or football games or, you know, whatever it is that people do. You sacrifice a lot of that socialness that people get lost in, but... It comes with, you know, a hell of a reward if you do.

It was, you know, in a lot of ways, you know, this this sounds kind of odd. I'm very, very, very appreciative to all those people more than I could ever say. You know, they've been everybody from Johnny Depp to Eddie Vedder to Henry Rollins, Margaret Cho, you know, so many people. Peter Jackson, you know, more people than I can even name. I would be dead if not for these people.

It was, you know, in a lot of ways, you know, this this sounds kind of odd. I'm very, very, very appreciative to all those people more than I could ever say. You know, they've been everybody from Johnny Depp to Eddie Vedder to Henry Rollins, Margaret Cho, you know, so many people. Peter Jackson, you know, more people than I can even name. I would be dead if not for these people.

It was, you know, in a lot of ways, you know, this this sounds kind of odd. I'm very, very, very appreciative to all those people more than I could ever say. You know, they've been everybody from Johnny Depp to Eddie Vedder to Henry Rollins, Margaret Cho, you know, so many people. Peter Jackson, you know, more people than I can even name. I would be dead if not for these people.

And I appreciate everything they did. But one thing I realized very quickly is I do not like being in those worlds, you know, Hollywood worlds or, you know, being caught up.

And I appreciate everything they did. But one thing I realized very quickly is I do not like being in those worlds, you know, Hollywood worlds or, you know, being caught up.

And I appreciate everything they did. But one thing I realized very quickly is I do not like being in those worlds, you know, Hollywood worlds or, you know, being caught up.