He who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSDo not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, “I am not paid to listen to this drivel – you are a terminal fool!” Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible
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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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When you stop growing you start dying.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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The face of evil is always the face of total need.
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A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.
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(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.
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The simplest questions are the most difficult.
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In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
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Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
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No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
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