Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I took a shot of morphine, liked it, and eventually became addicted. It takes quite a while. It took me three months… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Now Christianity sounded good at first to the naive convert. Love, peace and charity - what's wrong with that? I'll tell you… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I wasn't exposed to art as I was growing up, and can't recall the first time I saw a work of art.… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
First there was a young guy sitting in front of television in a T-shirt drinking beer with his mother, then there was… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
According to the legend an evil old doctor, who called himself God and us dogs, created the first boy in his adolescent… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
I don't go into hysterics or anything, but I look around for something to smash it with. I used to live out… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know. .… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The idea was that we would decide the order when we looked at the proofs. I remember Brion Gysin saying "Well, why… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place? — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to… — 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
