--- title: "5 William-s-burroughs Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 5 William-s-burroughs quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best William-s-burroughs sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/william-s-burroughs-528_color_look-at-these-poisonous-color-maps-where_474542.jpg" --- > [Look at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/look-at-these-poisonous-color-maps-where-flesh-trees-grow-from-human/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/william-s-burroughs-528_color_look-at-these-poisonous-color-maps-where_474542.jpg) > [“After 1957 On The Road sold a trillion levis and a million espresso coffee machines, and also sent countless kids on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-1957-on-the-road-sold-a-trillion-levis-and-a-million-espresso/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/william-s-burroughs-528_computers_after-1957-on-the-road-sold-a-trillion-l_1314686.png) > [“During this period of his life, Burroughs was seeking a physical utopia, a place where he could live and act as he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-a-mullins/during-this-period-of-his-life-burroughs-was-seeking-a-physical/) [Greg A. Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-a-mullins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/greg-a-mullins-240626_beat-generation_during-this-period-of-his-life-burroughs_1389357.jpg) > [“Flannery O'Connor had a certain genius. I don't think John Updike has, or Norman Mailer or William Styron, all of whom are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truman-capote/flannery-o-connor-had-a-certain-genius-i-don-t-think-john-updike-has/) [Truman Capote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truman-capote/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/truman-capote-376_flannery-o-connor_flannery-o-connor-had-a-certain-genius-i_2017450.jpg) > [“In my early teens, I heard about Naked Lunch and its mutating typewriters and talking cockroaches. While I would hardly classify its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-dub/in-my-early-teens-i-heard-about-naked-lunch-and-its-mutating/) [Peter Dubé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-dub/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/848/peter-dub-162285_books_in-my-early-teens-i-heard-about-naked-lu_2228055.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/william-s-burroughs/#itemlist", "name": "William-s-burroughs Quotes", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Look at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and doom from lips spotted with decay", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William S. 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