“There is a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“Faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Authors on Deadlines
Six Bits of Wisdom
- “Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It’s no coincidence we call them deadlines.” -Tom Robbins-
- “One forges one’s style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.” -Emile Zola-
- “Going off the grid is always good for me. It’s the way I’ve started books and finished books and gotten myself out of deadline dooms and things.” -Neil Gaiman-
- “With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it’s more a polite suggestion.” -David Benioff-
- “Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse is a deadline.” -Dave Barry-
- “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” -Douglas Adams-
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Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“I couldn’t imagine, and I don’t say this with any pride, but I really couldn’t imagine writing without a desperate deadline.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“You can’t miss what you never had.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Wisdom of Walker Percy
Six Points to Ponder
- “I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.”
- “There is a difference between the way things are and saying the way things are.”
- “Everydayness is the enemy.”
- “No doubt human brotherhood is better than a depersonalized society. But a depersonalized society is better than one threatened by violence.”
- “But envy is not merely sorrow at another’s good it is also joy at another’s misfortune.”
- “The enduring is something which must be accounted for. One cannot simply shrug it off.”
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Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“Old God sure was in a good mood when he made this place.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor shrap hunting knife in your eye.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Authors on Coffee and Cigarettes II
Another Nickel’s Worth of Wisdom
- “It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity.”-Dave Barry-
- “Cigarettes are a classy way to commit suicide.” -Kurt Vonnegut
- “Don’t stir all the warmth out of your coffee; drink it.” -Kate Chopin-
- “Some very considerable part of the gestural language of public places that had once belonged to cigarettes now belonged to phones.” -William Gibson-
- “I like coffee exceedingly…” -H.P. Lovecraft-
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Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“I was never idle enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Voodoo Shooter 