Hunter S. Thompson — "I don't believe in the American Dream. I believe in the American Nightmare."

"I am a fantastic lover, I am a fantastic drinker, and I am a fantastic writer."

"The only thing I ever learned from a woman was that I was a fool."

"We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that kills, now it's the speed that saves. New York is a safe harbor. The only problem is that the harbor is full of sharks."

"As far as I'm concerned, it's a hell of a lot better to be rich and a little crazy than poor and a little crazy."

"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?"