Buy The Ticket, Take The Ride

"Panic. It crept up my spine like the first rising vibes of an acid frenzy. There I was. Alone in Las Vegas, completely twisted on drugs, no cash, no story for the magazine, and on top of everything else, a gigantic god damned hotel bill to deal with. How would Horatio Alger handle this situation?"

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream