He died alone

Kentucky writer Hunter Stockton Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky on July 18, 1937. He committed suicide on February 20, 2005.
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.” -- Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Hunter Thompson was a journalist and author, famous for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is regarded as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where journalists involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories. He is also known for his libertarian views, and his contempt for authority.

Ayn Rand's Claim to Be Unique

“If creative fiction writing is a process of translating an abstraction into the concrete, there are three possible grades of such writing: translating an old (known) abstraction (theme or thesis) through the medium of old fiction means (that is, characters, events or situations used before for that same purpose, that same translation) -- this is most of the popular trash; translating an old abstraction through new, original fiction means -- this is most of the good literature; creating a new, original abstraction and translating it through new, original means. This, as far as I know, is only me -- my kind of fiction writing.”--Ayn Rand

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Quote of the Week - Carl Sandburg

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Quote of the Week - Saul Bellow

“We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.” ― Saul Bellow, Henderson the Rain King

Quote of the Week - Rita Mae Brown

“Writers will happen in the best of families.” – Rita Mae Brown

Rita Mae Brown is an American writer and feminist. She is best known for her first novel Rubyfruit Jungle. Published in 1973, it dealt with lesbian themes.

Quote of the Week - John Saul

"When I start a book, I always think it's patently absurd that I can write one. No one, certainly not me, can write a book 500 pages long. But I know I can write 15 pages, and if I write 15 pages every day, eventually I'll have 500 of them."--John Saul

Quote of the Week - Dorothy Sayers

I remember, years ago, being engaged in correspondence with a young man who was extremely enthusiastic about the psychology of the unconscious, and who insisted that the urge which issued in the writing of a story about a murder and the urge which issued in committing of a murder were one and the same, with no difference between them. I was writing murder-stories at the time and may have been prejudiced, but I objected that it did seem to me as though there must be a slight difference of some kind somewhere, since the results were so different. I added that society in general must be aware of the difference, since it rewarded the one result with royalties and the other with the gallows.--Dorothy L. Sayers (Introductory Papers on Dante, p. 4)

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Quote of the Week - Dorothy Parker

"The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

Quote of the Week - Mary Heaton Vorse

"The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair."--Mary Heaton Vorse, American writer (1881-1966)

Quote of the Week - John Irving

"A novelist's vice usually resembles his virtue, for what he does best he also tends to do to excess."

Quote of the Week - Fannie Hurst

“Writing is a chore. It cracks your bones and eats you, and yet it dominates you. You hate it while you love it.”--Fannie Hurst

Quote of the Week - Dorothy Parker

“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers – shoot them now, while they’re happy.” Dorothy Parker

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