There's a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way. Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes From Hunter S. Thompson I was once arrested with [Allen] Ginsburg. He was a big help to me. He was one of the few people who read unknown writer's work. Maybe he was just hustling me. He liked to flirt, Allen. They called him a monster but he was only falling in love. Hunter S. Thompson flirtingfalling-in-lovepeople I was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself. Hunter S. Thompson outlawfoundtrying There was madness in any direction, at any hour. You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. Hunter S. Thompson fear-and-loathingvegaswinning Jesus man! You don't look for acid! Acid finds you when it thinks you're ready. Hunter S. Thompson menjesusthinking If you have half a story and you don't know the rest, you use what you have to pry the rest out of someone. Hunter S. Thompson halfusestories I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory... And why not? Victory is good for you, and don't let anybody tell you different. Hunter S. Thompson sportsmeanamerica One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one to bed with you tonight. Hunter S. Thompson differencesbedknowing Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no! Hunter S. Thompson hellbeerwar Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money. Hunter S. Thompson ablemenneeds Las Vegas is a society of armed masturbators/gambling is the kicker here/sex is extra/weird trip for high rollers ... house-whores for winners, hand jobs for the bad luck crowd. Hunter S. Thompson las-vegasjobssex At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks. Hunter S. Thompson distancethreeage Like most of the others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. Hunter S. Thompson fear-and-loathinghuntersstupid Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three. Probably the closest analogy to the ideal would be a film director/producer who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least a main character. Hunter S. Thompson cameraswritingcharacter I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively. ... For words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order, if you don't lie to yourself and use the wrong words. Hunter S. Thompson writingorderlying Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism. Hunter S. Thompson stylefictionideas Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said As he hunched and rolled in his comfortable bed: To hell with the rent . . . I'll drink instead! Hunter S. Thompson bedsoulmen I went to the Democratic Convention as a journalist, and returned a cold-blooded revolutionary. Hunter S. Thompson conventionscoldrevolutionary The first paragraph. The last paragraph. That's where the story is going and how it's going to end. Or else you'll go off in a hundred different directions. Hunter S. Thompson lastsstoriesfirsts Fear is just another word for ignorance. Hunter S. Thompson ignorance Good peoÂple drink good beer. Just look around any pubÂlic barÂroom and you will see: Bad peoÂple drink bad beer. Think about it. Hunter S. Thompson barsbeerthinking
