“Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money.”

—  Hunter S. Thompson

Letter to Dwight Martin (21 February 1964), p. 440
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)

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American journalist and author 1937–2005

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