Be just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSBe just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere are no innocent bystanders.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS(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.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSYou must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSArtists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSIf you weren’t surprised by your life you wouldn’t be alive. Life is surprise.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSYou can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSLanguage is a virus from outer space.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSYour mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSOpen your mind and let the pictures out
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSPeople have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The shadow of death is on every face.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThe simplest questions are the most difficult.
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