William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs85 quotes“There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.”
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs There isn’t a feeling you can get on drugs that you can’t get without drugs.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs People 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. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Life is a vacation from two eternities.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs 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. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it ‘creative observation.’ Creative viewing.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Open your mind and let the pictures out
William S. BurroughsWilliam S. Burroughs Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is.
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