Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.

Before I pitch any game, from spring training to Game 7 of the World Series, I'm scared to death.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, That dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.

Will I be a success? I don't know.

Success is something good, and something bad. I don't know if it's good to always go after success.

With everything I do, there always seems to be a massive risk involved.

It was a shock to everyone when I became a rapper. Huge shock to everyone. But I knew it all along. I just didn't want to tell anybody cause then it's like, What if it doesn't work?

He who leaps for the sky may fall, it's true. But he may also fly.

The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.

Still humping the American Dream

What does it feel like?” he asked. “What does what feel like?” Peter thought for a moment. “Being at the top.” Josie reached across him for another packet of material and fed it into the stapler. She did three of these, and Peter was certain that she was going to ignore him, but then she spoke. “Like if you take one wrong step,” she said, “you’re going to fall.

If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.

I'm not scared of anything in particular, but I am motivated by a fear of failure as opposed to a need to succeed.

If you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

My great fear has always been complete and utter failure. Hence, you see, all the dispossessed people in my fiction, and why I try to earn as much money as I can. It's a defense. I don't enjoy it or do anything with it.

In a way, I'm always trying to do something I'm not qualified to do. So I feel that lack of qualification. And I'm scared. And I have a tendency to think things may not/probably won't work out. That's my basic mindset.

I think it's one of the main negative emotional ingredients that fuels show business, because there's so much at stake and the fear of failure looms large.

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.

For now, I'm just going to keep doing the work and hope I don't get fired. If people want to put me up on their walls, I'll love it.

Success is so fleeting; even if you get a good book deal, or your book is a huge success, there's always the fear: 'What about the next one?'

It might be scary because you're taking a risk, but at the end of the day you can say you tried.

People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.

Anytime you make big plans, you have people questioning what you're doing.