The greatest mania of all is passion: and I am a natural slave to passion: the balance between my brain and my soul and my body is as wild and delicate as the skin of a Ming vase.
Hunter S. ThompsonI hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.
Hunter S. ThompsonThe most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.
Hunter S. ThompsonBut I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing rule that we all recognize is: always sit close to an exit and never trust a man who doesn't sweat.
Hunter S. Thompson