"Maybe he is the Mark Twain of the late twentieth century. Time will sort the bastard out and I leave it to others more qualified than me to assess and appraise his monumental literary legacy."

“' Don't write, Ralph. You'll bring shame on your family. ' -- Hunter S. Thompson”

“I don't think that at the time, or now, come to think of it, I gave a damn. Foolishly, I wanted truth and idealism, but there was none to be had.”

“'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.”

“Today we are sacks of shit bundled into flying tubes with a security warning secreted inside every orifice.”

“One can derive the same fun from print-making as from making mud pies and great subtlety can be achieved through the use of transparent inks, half-tone screens and even accidental colour combinations, which is often where the art hides.”

“Beware of privilege. It stinks of rotten rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties.”