Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . .… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is in fact something obscene and sinister about photography, a desire to imprison, to incorporate, a sexual intensity of pursuit. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
A doctor is not criticized for describing the manifestations and symptoms of an illness, even though the symptoms may be disgusting. I… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Scientology is a model control system, a state in fact with its own courts, police, rewards and penalties. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.' — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
What are Americans? We've got everything from sharecroppers to atomic physicist here, and there's certainly no uniformity in their thought processes. There's… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else? — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.” — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.” — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not .… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no solution. Just conflict. Only thing… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“For John Dillinger In hope he is still alive Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 In hope he is still alive Thanks for the wild… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk? His whole abdomen would move up and down, you dig,… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
