“To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal — to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.”
From Brain Pickings: “As a hopeless lover of both letters and famous advice, I was delighted to discover a letter 20-year-old Hunter S. Thompson — gonzo journalism godfather, pundit of media politics,dark philosopher — penned to his friend Hume Logan in 1958.”
Feart and Loathing, indeed! Here’s an obit I wrote about Dr. Gonzo for the Seattle Times…
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20050224&slug=thompson24