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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was the last book I read.
I may have to go on a bender tomorrow.
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"Anytime there's a big sporting event, go to either the winning or losing town; there'll be riots in both of time. Riots are fun." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"Ether is the perfect drug for Las Vegas. In this town they love a drunk. Fresh meat." (Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
"Events of the past two years have virtually decreed that I shall wrestle with the literary muse for the rest of my days. And so, having tasted the poverty of one end of the scale, I have no choice but to direct my energies toward the acquisiton of fame and fortune. Frankly, I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me." (Hunter S. Thompson, to Mr. Arch Gerhart, January 29, 1958)
"Get out of control, but appear under control. It's not bad to alarm other people, though - it's good for them." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"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 - and the best journalists have always known this. Which is not to say that fiction is necessarily 'more true' than journalism - or vice versa - but that both 'fiction' and 'journalism' are artificial categories; and that both forms, at their best, are only two different means to the same end." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"Groveling is wrong for the soul, like grappling with whores in a drugstore." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"Have an objective to give your bender a theme. For instance, stalking and killing a wild pig with a bowie knife." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of 'history' it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time - and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling." (Hunter S. Thompson, on Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"Register at a hotel under a pseudonym, and then rent two convertibles - a Porsche and a green Cadillac - so you can switch cars when things start to go bad. Be sure to launch one of these cars off a steep hill." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"Some may never live, but the crazy never die." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"Stay naked as much as possible, but do not impose your orgiastic will on others. Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward." (Hunter S. Thompson, advice on 'adventure' in Men's Journal)
"The Circus-Circus is what the whole hep world would be doing on Saturday night if the Nazis has won the war. This is the Sixth Reich." (Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
"The city's frightening now. That's the basis of my reaction to Las Vegas. It's not the city I wrote about. It's not the same place at all. You'll notice that even the - what do you call them? - milestone or trademark casinos are now gone." (Hunter S. Thompson, on "modern" Las Vegas, when compared to the Las Vegas of the early 1970's)
"The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over." (Hunter S. Thompson, Hells Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga)
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." (Hunter S. Thompson)
"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world - bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are whores for power and oil with hate and fear in our hearts." (Hunter S. Thompson, on America)
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Since he lived in CO, the Rocky Mountain News is providing waaaaaaaay to much coverage about this (much like all the Ward Churchill crap).
Anyway, Thompson's son and daughter-in-law are quoted as saying this was a "courageous" act, and the RMN even mentioned "heroic."
Huh!? He friggin' killed himself! Why is that "courageous" or "heroic"?? Isn't that selfish? His family is left with a hole and his grandson won't really get to know him. That sucks. I think this was just a person afraid of growing old and being forgotten by the masses.
This "Courage" must be an imposter. I don't think it's the same one that is always late.
My opinion. Feel free to disagee (flaming optional).
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Why is the suicidal death of this drug abusing hack journalist receiving so much attention, while I hear nothing of Arthur Miller's death last week? Truly one of the major literary figures of the 20th Century.
