--- title: "14 Want Quotes By William S. Burroughs" description: "14 Want quotes by William S. Burroughs. Plus more from William S. Burroughs and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/william-s-burroughs-528_doe_how-long-does-it-take-man-to-realize-tha_607990.png" --- > [“How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/how-long-does-it-take-man-to-realize-that-he-cannot-want-what-he/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/william-s-burroughs-528_doe_how-long-does-it-take-man-to-realize-tha_607990.png) > [Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-want-to-move-you-move-your-ass/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/william-s-burroughs-528_ass_home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-wan_1851887.png) > [Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/life-is-a-vacation-from-two-eternities-who-wants-to-waste-those/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/william-s-burroughs-528_eternity_life-is-a-vacation-from-two-eternities-w_198723.png) > [After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-a-shooting-spree-they-always-want-to-take-the-guns-away-from-2/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d70/william-s-burroughs-528_amendment_after-a-shooting-spree-they-always-want_2955727.png) > [After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-one-look-at-this-planet-any-visitor-from-outer-space-would-say/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/william-s-burroughs-528_management_after-one-look-at-this-planet-any-visito_22241.png) > [No atomic physicist has to worry, people will always want to kill other people on a mass scale. Sure, he's got the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/no-atomic-physicist-has-to-worry-people-will-always-want-to-kill/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/william-s-burroughs-528_fridges_no-atomic-physicist-has-to-worry-people_3231741.png) > [In Mexico your wishes have a dream power. When you want to see someone, he turns up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/in-mexico-your-wishes-have-a-dream-power-when-you-want-to-see-someone/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/william-s-burroughs-528_dream_in-mexico-your-wishes-have-a-dream-power_128720.png) > [A John is different from a sucker. When you're with a sucker you're on alert all the time. You give him nothing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/a-john-is-different-from-a-sucker-when-you-re-with-a-sucker-you-re-on/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/william-s-burroughs-528_different_a-john-is-different-from-a-sucker-when-y_2336220.png) > [Tangier is one of the few places left in the world where, so long as you don't proceed to robbery, violence, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/tangier-is-one-of-the-few-places-left-in-the-world-where-so-long-as/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/william-s-burroughs-528_antisocial_tangier-is-one-of-the-few-places-left-in_2913915.png) > [The essence of White Supremacy is this: they are people who want to keep things as they are. That their children's children's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-essence-of-white-supremacy-is-this-they-are-people-who-want-to/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/william-s-burroughs-528_children_the-essence-of-white-supremacy-is-this-t_3169925.jpg) > [In exorcism, a verbal argument can never do anything. You can't ever beat the entity in a verbal argument because that's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/in-exorcism-a-verbal-argument-can-never-do-anything-you-can-t-ever/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/william-s-burroughs-528_argument_in-exorcism-a-verbal-argument-can-never_631080.png) > [There is simply no room left for 'freedom from the tyranny of government' since city dwellers depend on it for food, power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-is-simply-no-room-left-for-freedom-from-the-tyranny-of/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/william-s-burroughs-528_agree_there-is-simply-no-room-left-for-freedom_760350.png) > [Last night I encountered a dream cat with a very long neck and a body like a human fetus, gray and transluscent.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/last-night-i-encountered-a-dream-cat-with-a-very-long-neck-and-a-body/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/william-s-burroughs-528_body_last-night-i-encountered-a-dream-cat-wit_1819170.png) > [I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-am-not-one-of-those-weak-spirited-sappy-americans-who-want-to-be/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3d/william-s-burroughs-528_affection_i-am-not-one-of-those-weak-spirited-sapp_1546315.png) ## Other authors on Want ## More by William S. Burroughs > [“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/control-never-be-a-means-to-any-practical-end-it-can-never-be-a-means/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/well-as-one-judge-said-to-the-other-be-just-and-if-you-can-t-be-just/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-one-look-at-this-planet-any-visitor-from-outer-space-would-say/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-seven-days-she-lay-in-bed-looking-sullenly-at-the-ceiling-as/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [When you stop growing you start dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-you-stop-growing-you-start-dying/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/life-is-a-cutup-and-to-pretend-that-you-write-or-paint-in-a-timeless/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-all-lies-deceit-pretense-is-stripped-away-what-remains-the-truth/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no solution. Just conflict. Only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-is-no-final-enough-of-wisdom-experience-any-fucking-thing-no/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“For John Dillinger In hope he is still alive Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 In hope he is still alive Thanks for the wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-john-dillinger-in-hope-he-is-still-alive-thanksgiving-day/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk? His whole abdomen would move up and down, you dig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-man-who-taught-his-asshole-to-talk-his/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/you-need-a-good-bedside-manner-with-doctors-or-you-will-get-nowhere/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-couldn-t-be-a-society-of-people-who-didn-t-dream-they-d-be-dead/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-part-most-people-aren-t-cute-at/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [ \[Arab peoples\] are stuck back thousands of years and they think they're going to get out with a TV set. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/arab-peoples-are-stuck-back-thousands-of-years-and-they-think-they-re/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“It is not the intensity but the duration of pain that breaks the will to resist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/it-is-not-the-intensity-but-the-duration-of-pain-that-breaks-the-will/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/william-s-burroughs/#itemlist", "name": "14 Want Quotes By William S. Burroughs", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William S. 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