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• Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in… — William S. Burroughs
• For a while, the gay thing seemed like such a big deal. But now, I don't think it is. It's… — Gale Harold
• There is no right or wrong reading of Naked Lunch, though some readings are more common, and thus Burroughs commercial… — Rick Moody
• With ‘Avatar,’ I thought, Forget all these chick flicks and do a classic guys’ adventure movie, something in the Edgar… — James Cameron
• Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs… — Truman Capote
• Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme. — William S. Burroughs
• John Burroughs has stated that experimental study of animals in captivity is absolutely useless. Their character, their habits, their appetites… — Emma Goldman
• As I was in the air, the ball took a bad hop and caromed behind me, but I was able… — Ozzie Smith
• Origami Striptease reads like William S. Burroughs and Djuna Barnes howling at a brutal paper moon. — Unknown Author
• I was taken by William Burroughs’ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester… — Kate Simon
• Bizarrely funny... Rarely is a documentary as well attuned to its subject as Howard Brookner's BURROUGHS, which captures as much… — Janet Maslin
• Skullcrack City messes with your mind the way William Burroughs or a bellyful of hallucinogens will do. I'm a longtime… — Laird Barron

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