“Writers used to be cool… now they’re just sort of wimps.”

from The Sydney Morning Herald Badder but wiser Jane Sullivan The ever-excessive Hunter S. Thompson. Photo: Getty Images I think I’ve finally worked out what’s gone wrong with my brilliant literary career. I need to smoke opium, swig absinthe and keep a pet bat. It worked for Baudelaire, and it’s a comparatively modest aim. Unlike Lord [...]