(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. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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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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There are no innocent bystanders.
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Language is a virus from outer space.
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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.
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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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The nonconformist here may be “beat down” by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind.
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You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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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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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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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
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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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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.
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If I had my way we’d sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes.
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Life is a vacation from two eternities.
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