Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.

Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for them.

There's also a down side.

The pleasure is in the path, the search for something good.

We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.

Few people understand the psychology of dealing with a highway traffic cop.