"He taught himself to write, retyping books by writers he admired: Steinbeck, Hemingway, Faulkner... the usual heavywe…"

"His journalism was usually about journalism: no matter what he started out off writing about, he ended up writing abo…"

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

"Hunter was picked as a promising electronics technician because he aced the Air Force radio-tech exam. Hunter shrugge…"

"The latest firing had put him at a crossroads: he could continue with the fantasy of being a writer, or he could actu…"

"In these letters to Ridley, Hunters Gonzo style began to rear its head. One of the characteristics of the style Hunte…"

"But he discovered his success later, when he began to write just like he talked."

"To create a balance of power and pedigree in the house, Hunter sent five bucks off to an ad he'd seen in the back pag…"

"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 th…"