I’m creating an imaginary — it’s always imaginary — world in which I would like to live.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSLife is a vacation from two eternities.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
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Paranoia is just having the right information.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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I don’t have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
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If after having been exposed to someone’s presence you feel as if you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.
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Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders.
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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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