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Famous Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
“Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!”
“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.”
“Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.”
“A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.”
“It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.”
“Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.”
“It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.”
“There is no story unless you've written it.”
“Writing is the flip side of sex - it's good only when it's over.”
“Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.”
“Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.”
“The mind & body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs & music.”
“Just sick enough to be totally confident”
“I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.”
“We are all wired into a survival trip, now.”
“Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”
“Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything.”
“Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception.”