William McKeen Quotes

In these letters to Ridley, Hunters Gonzo style began to rear its head. One of the characteristics of the style Hunter developed was his preoccupation of getting the story. In fact, getting the story became the story. His writing could be classified as metajournalism, journalism about the process of journalism.

He wrote his mother that he had begun to hate the sight of his typewriter.

His journalism was usually about journalism: no matter what he started out off writing about, he ended up writing about Hunter Thompson trying to cover a story.

Life as Hunter Thompson's mother was no weenie roast.

Perhaps the heart of the American Dream was found in the search.

This writing wasn't painful. It was like being high.

Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.

The latest firing had put him at a crossroads: he could continue with the fantasy of being a writer, or he could actually make the commitment.

The lifestyle of the character he had created had consumed him.

Hunter Thompson wrote suicide notes all his life.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is perfect in the same way that The Great Gatsby is perfect. Take a pencil and read these books, looking for something that doesn't sound right, something you'd want to change. You'll leave the page untouched.

He kept growing. He thought it was very important to keep growing all your life.

Some of the locals began to think that maybe Hunter was getting out of control.

Putting Hunter in context was tough.

One of Hunter's first acts upon moving to Colorado was serving as best man at Billy's wedding to Anne Willis. Aside from Hunters putting out his cigarette in the holy water, the wedding transpired without major incident.