--- title: "26 Journalism Quotes By Hunter S. Thompson" description: "26 Journalism quotes by Hunter S. Thompson. Plus more from Hunter S. Thompson and more Journalism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/hunter-s-thompson-278_bridges_fiction-is-a-bridge-to-the-truth-that-jo_2317435.jpg" --- > [Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/fiction-is-a-bridge-to-the-truth-that-journalism-can-t-reach/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/hunter-s-thompson-278_bridges_fiction-is-a-bridge-to-the-truth-that-jo_2317435.jpg) > [Journalism is "a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/journalism-is-a-low-trade-and-a-habit-worse-than-heroin-a-strange/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/191/hunter-s-thompson-278_failure_journalism-is-a-low-trade-and-a-habit-wo_2321256.jpg) > [If you consider the great journalists in history, you don't see too many objective journalists on that list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/if-you-consider-the-great-journalists-in-history-you-don-t-see-too/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/hunter-s-thompson-278_history_if-you-consider-the-great-journalists-in_1403962.jpg) > [Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/absolute-truth-is-a-very-rare-and-dangerous-commodity-in-the-context/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e75/hunter-s-thompson-278_absolute-truth_absolute-truth-is-a-very-rare-and-danger_1677642.jpg) > [I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-ve-already-become-a-mastodon-in-print-i-don-t-see-a-consciousness/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/hunter-s-thompson-278_consciousness_i-ve-already-become-a-mastodon-in-print_1213223.jpg) > [Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/given-my-calling-i-had-to-stumble-across-people-who-felt-the-same-way/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/hunter-s-thompson-278_calling_given-my-calling-i-had-to-stumble-across_771994.jpg) > [I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-don-t-think-that-my-kind-of-journalism-has-ever-been-universally/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/hunter-s-thompson-278_here_i-don-t-think-that-my-kind-of-journalism_1342549.jpg) > [Journalism, to me, is just another drug - a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/journalism-to-me-is-just-another-drug-a-free-ride-to-scenes-i-d-2/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/hunter-s-thompson-278_drug_journalism-to-me-is-just-another-drug-a_1935454.jpg) > [If you work in either journalism or politics... you will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/if-you-work-in-either-journalism-or-politics-you-will-be-flogged-for/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/hunter-s-thompson-278_being-wrong_if-you-work-in-either-journalism-or-poli_1090182.jpg) > [Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/gonzo-journalism-is-a-style-of-reporting-based-on-william-faulkner-s/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/hunter-s-thompson-278_fiction_gonzo-journalism-is-a-style-of-reporting_2271098.jpg) > [I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-can-t-think-in-terms-of-journalism-without-thinking-in-terms-of/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0b/hunter-s-thompson-278_cause-and-effect_i-can-t-think-in-terms-of-journalism-wit_1803762.jpg) > [“The only way to write honestly about the scene is to be part of it. If there is one quick truism about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-only-way-to-write-honestly-about-the-scene-is-to-be-part-of-it-if/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e18/hunter-s-thompson-278_drug-use_the-only-way-to-write-honestly-about-the_3132549.jpg) > [The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure of political journalism in America (is that it) has its roots in the clubby/cocktail personal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-most-consistent-and-ultimately-damaging-failure-of-political/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8a/hunter-s-thompson-278_america_the-most-consistent-and-ultimately-damag_881684.jpg) > [With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/with-the-possible-exception-of-things-like-box-scores-race-results/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/hunter-s-thompson-278_boxes_with-the-possible-exception-of-things-li_2420739.jpg) > [“They would owe most of their success to a curious rape mania that rides on the shoulder of American journalism like some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/they-would-owe-most-of-their-success-to-a-curious-rape-mania-that/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d76/hunter-s-thompson-278_success_they-would-owe-most-of-their-success-to_1690744.jpg) > [“Journalism, to me, is just another drug – a free ride to scenes I'd probably miss if I stayed straight. But I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/journalism-to-me-is-just-another-drug-a-free-ride-to-scenes-i-d/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86c/hunter-s-thompson-278_drugs_journalism-to-me-is-just-another-drug-a_946443.jpg) > [Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism -- which is true, but they miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/some-people-will-say-that-words-like-scum-and-rotten-are-wrong-for/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/hunter-s-thompson-278_blind_some-people-will-say-that-words-like-scu_1572263.jpg) > [“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-press-is-a-gang-of-cruel-faggots-journalism-is-not-a-profession/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/hunter-s-thompson-278_journalism_the-press-is-a-gang-of-cruel-faggots-jou_133487.jpg) > [As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/as-far-as-i-m-concerned-it-s-a-damned-shame-that-a-field-as/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b2/hunter-s-thompson-278_apathy_as-far-as-i-m-concerned-it-s-a-damned-sh_298484.jpg) > [“The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-press-is-a-gang-of-cruel-faggots-journalism-is-not-a-profession-2/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08d/hunter-s-thompson-278_fear_the-press-is-a-gang-of-cruel-faggots-jou_581393.jpg) > [I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/i-am-a-writer-a-professional-journalist-with-serious-credentials-in/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/654/hunter-s-thompson-278_angel_i-am-a-writer-a-professional-journalist_2786880.jpg) > [If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/if-i-d-written-all-the-truth-i-knew-for-the-past-ten-years-about-600/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/hunter-s-thompson-278_absolute-truth_if-i-d-written-all-the-truth-i-knew-for_101335.jpg) > [“So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here--not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/so-much-for-objective-journalism-don-t-bother-to-look-for-it-here-not/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c6/hunter-s-thompson-278_contradiction_so-much-for-objective-journalism-don-t-b_2397585.jpg) > [Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/objective-journalism-is-one-of-the-main-reasons-that-american/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/hunter-s-thompson-278_american_objective-journalism-is-one-of-the-main_2639866.jpg) > [“Twenty years on the outlaw circuit have not done much to mellow his view of the press and the world of devious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/twenty-years-on-the-outlaw-circuit-have-not-done-much-to-mellow-his/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5da/hunter-s-thompson-278_quote_twenty-years-on-the-outlaw-circuit-have_1542698.jpg) > [“The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-daily-press-is-the-evil-principle-of-the-modern-world-and-time/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/hunter-s-thompson-278_modern-world_the-daily-press-is-the-evil-principle-of_1493254.jpg) ## Other authors on Journalism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 68 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 67 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walter-cronkite-94344.jpg) Walter Cronkite 49 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/walter-cronkite/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-p-j-o-rourke-184.jpg) P. J. O'Rourke 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/p-j-o-rourke/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-lebed-10988.jpg) Carl Bernstein 33 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/carl-bernstein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roger-ailes-80643.jpg) Roger Ailes 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/roger-ailes/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-jon-stewart-52796.jpg) Jon Stewart 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/jon-stewart/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-barry-27009.jpg) Dave Barry 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/dave-barry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dan-rather-26254.jpg) Dan Rather 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/dan-rather/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julian-assange-54221.jpg) Julian Assange 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/julian-assange/) ## More by Hunter S. Thompson > [“There was also the fact that sending a penniless writer to get $135 worth of beer was — as Khrushchev said of Nixon —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-was-also-the-fact-that-sending-a-penniless-writer-to-get-135/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“Cases of champagne and scotch lay broken in the street, and everyone I saw had a bottle. They were screaming and dancing, and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/cases-of-champagne-and-scotch-lay-broken-in-the-street-and-everyone-i/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [No music + Bad TV = Bad mood & no pages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-music-bad-tv-bad-mood-no-pages/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [By disgracing and degrading the presidency of the United States, by fleeing the White House like a diseased cur, Richard Nixon broke the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/by-disgracing-and-degrading-the-presidency-of-the-united-states-by/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-one-holds-command-over-me-no-man-no-god-no-prince-what-is-a-claim/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb grey hairs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-person-who-doesn-t-scatter-the-morning-dew-will-not-comb-grey/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/hope-rises-and-dreams-flicker-and-die-love-plans-for-tomorrow-and/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/if-we-get-chased-out-of-iraq-with-our-tail-between-our-legs-that-will/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [At age 22 I set what I insist is an all-time record for distance hitchhiking in Bermuda shorts: 3,700 miles in three weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/at-age-22-i-set-what-i-insist-is-an-all-time-record-for-distance/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [Paranoia is just another mask for ignorance. The truth, when you finally chase it down is almost always far worse than your darkest visions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/paranoia-is-just-another-mask-for-ignorance-the-truth-when-you/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought they could buy Peace and Understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/no-doubt-they-all-got-what-was-coming-to-them-all-those-pathetically/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [“For several months they'd been drifting toward political involvement, but the picture was hazy and one of the most confusing elements was their geographical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/for-several-months-they-d-been-drifting-toward-political-involvement/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/he-wandered-into-the-newsroom-and-asked-for-a-job-the-same-way-he-d/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [There's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-s-no-point-in-getting-into-politics-at-all-unless-you-plan-to/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) > [There’s a lot of things wrong with this country, but one of the few things still right with it is that a man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/there-s-a-lot-of-things-wrong-with-this-country-but-one-of-the-few/) [Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journalism/hunter-s-thompson/#itemlist", "name": "26 Journalism Quotes By Hunter S. Thompson", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Fiction is a bridge to the truth that journalism can't reach.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hunter S. 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