"Fiction is based on reality unless you're a……" — Hunter S. Thompson

"Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist."

— Hunter S. Thompson

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445 Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson has 445 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Get out of control, but appear under control. It?s not bad to alarm other people, though ? it?s good for…
Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The…
Those of us that had been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts, we wanted strong…
There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just…
Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!
I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And…
They don't hardly make 'em like him any more - but just to be on the safe side, he should…
In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.
We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all…
Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones…
Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to…

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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