Journalism is not a profession or a trade. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all.” “Take it from me, there’s nothing like a job well done. “Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas … with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.” Buy the ticket, take the ride…and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well…maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.” “No sympathy for the devil keep that in mind. But even more than that, as these seven priceless quotes show, it’s a timeless guide to living life in the fast lane, Hunter S. Famed for lurid descriptions of illegal drug use, its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s, and its popularization of Thompson’s highly subjective blend of fact and fiction, it is a classic of example of what later become known as gonzo journalism.
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