Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter Stockton Thompsonwas an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to a middle-class family, Thompson had a turbulent youth after the death of his father left the family in poverty. He was unable to formally finish high school as he was incarcerated for 60 days after abetting a robbery. He subsequently joined the United States Air Force before moving into journalism. He traveled frequently, including stints in California, Puerto Rico,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth18 July 1937
CityLouisville, KY
CountryUnited States of America
Without gambling, I would not exist.
The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now & with somebody & and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.
I had a soft-spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth.
All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.
I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe. I am quite sincere about some of the things that people take very lightly, and almost insultingly unconcerned about some of the things which most people take seriously. In short, I am basically antisocial: certainly not to an alarming degree, but just more so than I appear to be.
Bill Clinton does not inhale marijuana, right? You bet. Like I chew on LSD but I don't swallow it.'
I learned from # Hemingway that you could be a # writer and get away with it.
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it.
No one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means convince yourself that you HAD to do it. You’ll have lots of company.
I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.
The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions.
I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.
I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.