“We will endeavor to halt the Industrial Revolution before it is too late, to regulate population at a reasonable point, to eventually… — 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
If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“All over America, people were pulling credentials out of their pockets and sticking them under someone else's nose to prove they had… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
The youth rebellion [1968] is a worldwide phenomenon that has not been seen before in history. I do not believe they will… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Faced by the actual practice of freedom, the French and American revolutions would be forced to stand by their words. — 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
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