After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSI think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Be just and if you can’t be just, be arbitrary.
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Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
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There’s no place for impractical dreamers around here.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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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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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
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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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If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you’ve lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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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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As soon as you know you are in prison, you have a possibility to escape.
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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.
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