On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need..

I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography. I never knew what was going t….

In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile..

I was once arrested with [Allen] Ginsburg. He was a big help to me. He was one of the few people who read unknown writer's work. Maybe he was just hu….

Richard Nixon looks like a flaming liberal today, compared to a golem like George Bush. Indeed. Where is Richard Nixon now that we finally need him?.

There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted..

Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone..

Timothy Leary and I kept the same hours. He believed, as I do, that “After midnight, all things are possible..

I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism..

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 Stead….

The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it..

Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that y….

A little bit of this town goes a very long way. After five days in Vegas you feel like you've been here for five years..

Never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life..

The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, ex….

Journalism is "a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures..

He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothi….

Some may never live, but the crazy never die..

They're gonna make it look like suicide. I know how those bastards think..

I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing..

Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death..