Gonzo Quotes - Page 4

• 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.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Ideas, Style, Fiction

  The Great Shark Hunt "Jacket Copy for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (1979)

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• There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Men, Addiction, Fear And Loathing

  "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream".

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• Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  People, Hunters, Deals

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition”, p.57, A&C Black

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• I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I felt that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actor, kidding ourselves on a senseless odyssey. It was the tension between those two poles - a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other - that kept me going.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Real, Taken, Hands

  "The Rum Diary". Book by Hunter S. Thompson, 1998.

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• Seems like the light at the end of the tunnel may be you.

  Steven Tyler

  Humor, Vegas, Tunnels

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• We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Respect, Ignorance Of The Law, Order

  Hunter S. Thompson (2002). “Songs of the Doomed”, p.348, Simon and Schuster

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• Just sick enough to be totally confident

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Sick, Fear And Loathing, Enough

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.201, Vintage

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• Gonzo . . . acidic hilarity . . . 'The Fun Parts' has fine moments, but it's not the whole Lipsyte story. Read it with 'The Ask' if you really want to know how a mordant jokester with a madman's imagination became a literary rock star.

  Janet Maslin

  Stars, Fun, Rocks

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• I'm doing an introduction for one of Ralph's [Steadman] books. He's doing something called Gonzo, the Art I think he's stealing from me. I like Steadman and his coattail abilities. Ralph is better at business than I am. He has always managed to get free whiskey.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Art, Book, Thinking

  Source: www.fargonebooks.com

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• Joe Klein is the flower of American political journalism, a sharp raconteur who shows traces of the gonzo style that was in vogue when he was honing his craft at Rolling Stone back in the day.

  Thomas Frank

  Flower, Political, Style

  "Joe Klein's Turnip Day" by Thomas Frank, observer.com. May 1, 2006.

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• You don't know me, dude," he says, not smiling this time. Gonzo examines his cards, prepping for his next move. "People always think that they know other people, but they don't. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won't eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don't know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel ****ed up for no reason at all.

  Libba Bray

  Moving, Kids, Mean

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• Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it.

  Jerry Coleman

  Funny, Baseball, Humor

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• I guess the biggest difference from the things I've done in the past is that my work will be more narrative-driven adult films or vignettes, not just "gonzo" scenes, which are straight sex, no storyline.

  Sasha Grey

  Sex, Past, Differences

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Gonzo narrows his eyes. 'How often do you clean that thing?' 'Every night,' the waitress answers. Her smile is strained. 'That's it? Do you know how long it takes for Listeria to grow under those hot lamps, even with ice?' Here we go. 'It can happen in just five hours. Five hours and you've got the salad bar of death!' The waitress looks confused. 'From Listerine?

  Libba Bray

  Confused, Eye, Night

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.140, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Dammit!" "What?" Gonzo sounds panicked. "We're out of gas." "You're Shithenging me." "I Shithenge you not.

  Libba Bray

  Sound, Gas

  Libba Bray (2009). “Going Bovine”, p.313, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Anyone that is able to put a high school film and gonzo journalism together, it's like, "Yes, please!"

  Zoe Kravitz

  School, Together, Able

  "Ezra Miller and Zoë Kravitz Exclusive Interview BEWARE THE GONZO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 26, 2011.

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• Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Yesterday, Reason Why, Tomorrow

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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