It's impossible to make a movie out of 'Naked Lunch.' A literal translation just wouldn't work. It would cost $400 million to… — David Cronenberg 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
“I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift. . . . The net result of Naked Lunch will be to make… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
There is no right or wrong reading of Naked Lunch, though some readings are more common, and thus Burroughs commercial is not… — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
“I would have enjoyed “Naked Lunch” that day, but the cafeteria served us all clothing. I like my meals a little more… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I love Cronenberg so much, especially the films he was doing in the mid to late '80s and early '90s, like 'Naked… — Ari Aster Copy Share Image
A naked lunch is natural to us We eat reality sandwiches. But allegories are so much lettuce. Don't hide the madness. — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I'm against Capitol Punishment in all forms, and I have written many pamphlets on this subject in the manner of Swift's Modest… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Of course, for me Naked Lunch was the big one, but I still believe I was right to pass on that. James… — Oliver Harris Copy Share Image
Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mind I was in -… — The Weeknd Copy Share Image
For four years, I worked as one of the general shop crew on movies like 'Naked Lunch' and 'Arachnophobia.' I made lots… — Jamie Hyneman Copy Share Image
See, you can't rewrite, 'cause to rewrite is to deceive and lie, and you betray your own thoughts. To rethink the flow… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
“Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to. (William Lee-Naked Lunch)” — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
“In my early teens, I heard about Naked Lunch and its mutating typewriters and talking cockroaches. While I would hardly classify its… — Peter Dubé Copy Share Image
It's a tract against capital punishment in the genre of Swift's Modest Proposal. I was simply following a formula to its logical… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader.… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
I picked up On The Road, Howl, and Naked Lunch (in that order) in high school. I was blown away. The writing… — Yony Leyser Copy Share Image
Burroughs called his greatest novel Naked Lunch, by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. He's… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Naked Lunch was from about a thousand pages of material. A lot of it overflowed, then, into the cut-up trilogy including Nova… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
