I am ashamed of a human race that can continue to allow the sordid ambitions of politicized groups who genuinely feel that right is on their side, and can therefore instigate such atrocities in the name of their own sense of right and wrong.
Ralph SteadmanFunny thing about Americans. They are the first to adopt weird lifestyles and radical views but they are the most conservative race on earth.
Ralph SteadmanAmericans live with the certain knowledge that the source of their greatness has not yet been released.
Ralph SteadmanWhats a gonzotic frenzy? Well its me in the throes of an ink splattering attempt to capture the feeling I have at that particular time.
Ralph SteadmanWhat actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.
Ralph Steadman