I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, 2004
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Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) was an American journalist and author known for pioneering "Gonzo journalism," a style where the writer is deeply immersed in the subject they are covering. He is acclaimed for his work "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and his coverage of political events, blending fiction with reality in a unique and controversial fashion.
1937–2005·lived 67 years
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, 2004
Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.
The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.
America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.
As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Hunter S.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, p. 149, 1971
Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.Quoted in Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson, 2009
There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971
Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?The Proud Highway, p. 68, 1997
That’s all 9 quotes by Hunter S. Thompson.