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title: "2 Burroughs Quotes By Oliver Harris"
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> [I tell this anecdote with tongue in cheek at the start of my book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, but my academic involvement with Burroughs was entirely due to my tutor at Oxford, Peter Conrad. I was discussing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-tell-this-anecdote-with-tongue-in-cheek-at-the-start-of-my-book/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

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> [ I was suckered in by the myth of the man \[ William Burroughs\] as much as by his work. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-was-suckered-in-by-the-myth-of-the-man-william-burroughs-as-much-as/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

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## Other authors on Burroughs

## More by Oliver Harris

> [That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that the true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/that-rewriting-of-literary-history-is-most-obvious-in-the-case-of-the/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [I have really been fortunate, incredibly privileged, to have done so much editorial work, and I would love to do more. But just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-have-really-been-fortunate-incredibly-privileged-to-have-done-so/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [Of course, for me Naked Lunch was the big one, but I still believe I was right to pass on that. James Grauerholz and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/of-course-for-me-naked-lunch-was-the-big-one-but-i-still-believe-i/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [A good deal of editing a manuscript looks like mechanical work, as if anyone with time on their hands and a magnifying glass could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/a-good-deal-of-editing-a-manuscript-looks-like-mechanical-work-as-if/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance and history,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/it-started-out-as-a-typically-insane-idea-to-map-every-part-of-the/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [I like to focus on the varieties of paper, the different sizes and watermarks, evidence perhaps of what was typed when and sometimes where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-like-to-focus-on-the-varieties-of-paper-the-different-sizes-and/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [I am always looking for some clue, some easily missed sign that might just be the missing piece in the puzzle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-am-always-looking-for-some-clue-some-easily-missed-sign-that-might/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [I tell this anecdote with tongue in cheek at the start of my book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, but my academic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-tell-this-anecdote-with-tongue-in-cheek-at-the-start-of-my-book/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [“I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on. -Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow Man for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-liked-the-idea-of-a-person-shedding-their-life-and-someone-else/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

> [ I was suckered in by the myth of the man \[ William Burroughs\] as much as by his work. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-harris/i-was-suckered-in-by-the-myth-of-the-man-william-burroughs-as-much-as/)

[Oliver Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-harris/)

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