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
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.
You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.
We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear
If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out Free passes to the Late show at the Too Much Fun Club.
Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom-struck gimp who couldn't handle the pressure. My attorney has never been able to accept the notion - often espoused by reformed drug abusers and especially popular among those on probation - that you can get a lot higher without drugs than with them. And neither have I, for that matter.
This is the fast lane, folks...and some of us like it here.
I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.
Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.
Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.
You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.
In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.
He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time.
Timothy Leary and I kept the same hours. He believed, as I do, that “After midnight, all things are possible.
He had that rare weird electricity about him - that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned all hope of ever behaving normally.