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William S. Burroughs quotes: I'm creating an imaginary - it's always imaginary - world in which I would like to live. I'm creating an imaginary - it's always imaginary - world in which I would like to live.
William S. Burroughs quotes: If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course. If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course.
William S. Burroughs quotes: We can translate word and letter into color - [Arthur] Rimbaud stated that in his color vowels, words quote "words" can be read in silent color. We can translate word and letter into color - [Arthur] Rimbaud stated that in his color vowels, words quote "words" can be read in silent color.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I was asked: "Why did you stop writing?" I would not know any more than I would know why I started writing. Try not to be as obtuse as you I was asked: "Why did you stop writing?" I would not know any more than I would know why I started writing. Try not to be as obtuse as you are.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Sodomy is as old as the human species. Sodomy is as old as the human species.
William S. Burroughs quotes: two Lesbian Agents with glazed faces of grafted penis flesh sat sipping spinal fluid through alabaster straws two Lesbian Agents with glazed faces of grafted penis flesh sat sipping spinal fluid through alabaster straws
William S. Burroughs quotes: Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes. Is Control controlled by its need to control? Answer: yes.
William S. Burroughs quotes: If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future. If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
William S. Burroughs quotes: If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention. If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness. Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The beautiful disease and The government falls along the weed rooms flesh along the weed government ... The beautiful disease and The government falls along the weed rooms flesh along the weed government ...
William S. Burroughs quotes: A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan [Kerouac]. I knew [Timothy] Leary, but barely knew, didn't really know Jan [Kerouac].
William S. Burroughs quotes: The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set-up by the non-dreamers
William S. Burroughs quotes: The most deadly picture is a picture of nothing at all. The colors are there, but there is no image, nothing. The most deadly picture is a picture of nothing at all. The colors are there, but there is no image, nothing.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Thou shalt not be such a shit, you don't know you are one. Thou shalt not be such a shit, you don't know you are one.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Never interfere in a girl and boy fight. Never interfere in a girl and boy fight.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Paranoia is just having the right information. Paranoia is just having the right information.
William S. Burroughs quotes: There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business. There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
William S. Burroughs quotes: In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain. In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals. The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Jesus Christ said 'by their fruits ye shall know them,' not by their disclaimers. Jesus Christ said 'by their fruits ye shall know them,' not by their disclaimers.
William S. Burroughs quotes: You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere. You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
William S. Burroughs quotes: How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven. How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
William S. Burroughs quotes: We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems. We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it. The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it.
William S. Burroughs quotes: And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing. And if you're doing a deal with a religious son of a bitch, get it in writing.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.
William S. Burroughs quotes: But there are higher stakes than youth or Latah, games where only two players in the world know what the stakes are. But there are higher stakes than youth or Latah, games where only two players in the world know what the stakes are.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference. Americans have a special horror of giving up control, of letting things happen in their own way without interference.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous. I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Knowing you might not make it ... in that knowledge courage is born. Knowing you might not make it ... in that knowledge courage is born.
William S. Burroughs quotes: A phenomenon must be to some extent comprehensible to be perceived at all. A phenomenon must be to some extent comprehensible to be perceived at all.
William S. Burroughs quotes: What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity. What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities. Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute,& if they are cute they rapidly outgrow it I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute,
& if they are cute they rapidly outgrow it
William S. Burroughs quotes: putting on a "b" production for a fruit putting on a "b" production for a fruit
William S. Burroughs quotes: Junk takes everything and gives nothing but insurance against junk sickness. Junk takes everything and gives nothing but insurance against junk sickness.
William S. Burroughs quotes: There are no innocent bystanders ... There are no innocent bystanders ...
William S. Burroughs quotes: If you consider any set of data without a preconceived viewpoint, then a viewpoint will emerge from the data. If you consider any set of data without a preconceived viewpoint, then a viewpoint will emerge from the data.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have. Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is. Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
William S. Burroughs quotes: A junkie spends half his life waiting. A junkie spends half his life waiting.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go. I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Open your mind and let the pictures out Open your mind and let the pictures out
William S. Burroughs quotes: Now my inspiration but it won't last and we'll be just a photograph - i Now my inspiration but it won't last and we'll be just a photograph - i
William S. Burroughs quotes: I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration. I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
William S. Burroughs quotes: You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you. You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.
William S. Burroughs quotes: All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion. All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection. The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on the Last Erection.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The country with a low birth rate and low death rate will be hardest hit - and so the poor may indeed inherit the earth, because they're healthier. The country with a low birth rate and low death rate will be hardest hit - and so the poor may indeed inherit the earth, because they're healthier.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear. Most serious writers refuse to make themselves available to the things that technology is doing. I've never been able to understand this sort of fear.
William S. Burroughs quotes: We are setting out to create new worlds, new beings, new modes of consciousness. We are setting out to create new worlds, new beings, new modes of consciousness.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I'm an old-fashioned person, and I don't like informers. I'm an old-fashioned person, and I don't like informers.
William S. Burroughs quotes: His face with lined with suffering in which his eyes did not participate. His face with lined with suffering in which his eyes did not participate.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time ... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility. The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time ... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Whatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God exist and God is one asshole. Whatever happened to God's justice? I am convinced that God exist and God is one asshole.
William S. Burroughs quotes: After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager. After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.
William S. Burroughs quotes: A coprophage calls for a plate, shits on it and eats the shit, exclaiming, Mmmm, that's my rich substance. A coprophage calls for a plate, shits on it and eats the shit, exclaiming, Mmmm, that's my rich substance.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination. Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction. I like the idea of generalizing the narcotic thing by making it black meat addiction.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Too perfect to be sexually attractive. Too perfect to be sexually attractive.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate. Addiction is a disease of exposure. Doctors and nurses, for instance, have a high addiction rate.
William S. Burroughs quotes: He was a sad poison nice guy more poison than nice. He was a sad poison nice guy more poison than nice.
William S. Burroughs quotes: When I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow. When I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust. I project myself out through the glasses and across the street, a ghost in the morning sunlight, torn with disembodied lust.
William S. Burroughs quotes: You're both mother fuckers. She was half asleep. Her voice was matter-of-fact as if referring to actual incest. You're both mother fuckers. She was half asleep. Her voice was matter-of-fact as if referring to actual incest.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Mohammed? Are you kidding? He was dreamed up by the Mecca Chamber of Commerce. Mohammed? Are you kidding? He was dreamed up by the Mecca Chamber of Commerce.
William S. Burroughs quotes: In this world, [of Flash and Filigree] nothing is true, and censure or outrage is simply irrelevant. In this world, [of Flash and Filigree] nothing is true, and censure or outrage is simply irrelevant.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Tell Allen I plead guilty to vampirism and other crimes against life. But I love him and nothing else cancels love. Tell Allen I plead guilty to vampirism and other crimes against life. But I love him and nothing else cancels love.
William S. Burroughs quotes: NOTHING happens by coincidence. NOTHING happens by coincidence.
William S. Burroughs quotes: The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not.- pg. 41 The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not.
- pg. 41
William S. Burroughs quotes: In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
William S. Burroughs quotes: In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or die of boredom. In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or die of boredom.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Perhaps why I am so uniquely terrible is simply that I represent total Dissent. Total Dissent. T.D. 19 + 4 = 23. Perhaps why I am so uniquely terrible is simply that I represent total Dissent. Total Dissent. T.D. 19 + 4 = 23.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Strip your psyche to the bare bones of spontaneous process, and you give yourself one chance in a thousand to make the Pass. Strip your psyche to the bare bones of spontaneous process, and you give yourself one chance in a thousand to make the Pass.
William S. Burroughs quotes: ...subway brakes spit ozone... ...subway brakes spit ozone...
William S. Burroughs quotes: Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk. Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make. I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements to make.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Language is a virus from outer space Language is a virus from outer space
William S. Burroughs quotes: No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive. No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
William S. Burroughs quotes: How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
William S. Burroughs quotes: How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far. How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very far.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever. Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself. I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand. Last night I woke up with someone squeezing my hand. It was my other hand.
William S. Burroughs quotes: All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else? All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else?
William S. Burroughs quotes: He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him. He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
William S. Burroughs quotes: So many people in the Western World are just automatically made ill by any sort of frank writing about sexual matters. So many people in the Western World are just automatically made ill by any sort of frank writing about sexual matters.
William S. Burroughs quotes: I think Judge Learned Hand was a cultured, intelligent man. I think Judge Learned Hand was a cultured, intelligent man.
William S. Burroughs quotes: As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen. As soon as you have a problem, it's insoluble. These things should never have been allowed to happen.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen. Danger is a very rare commodity in these times, monopolized by intelligence agencies and stuntmen.
William S. Burroughs quotes: Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any ... thing. Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any ... thing.

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