I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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.
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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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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There are no innocent bystanders.
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Open your mind and let the pictures out
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Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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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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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.
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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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There is no line between the ‘real world’ and ‘world of myth and symbol.’ Objects, sensations, hit with the impact of hallucination.
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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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I am getting so far out one day I won’t come back at all.
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I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
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