Best William S. Burroughs Lines
- Kerouac and I are not real at all. The only thing about a writer is that he has written, and not his so-called life. 'And… All
- Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the… Character
- Thanks for the American dream, to vulgarize and falsify until the bare lies shine through. Thanks for a country where nobody's allowed to mind their… Allowed
- A paranoid is someone who has all the facts. All
- Modern man has lost the option of silence. Lost
- The most deadly picture is a picture of nothing at all. The colors are there, but there is no image, nothing. All
- If I had my way we'd sleep every night all wrapped around each other like hibernating rattlesnakes. All
- Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance… Alive
- I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to… Assume
- It's the little touches that make a future solid enough to destroy. Destroy
- As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in… Boy
- Last night I encountered a dream cat with a very long neck and a body like a human fetus, gray and transluscent. I don't know… Ago
- Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that… Artist
- Like Spain, I am bound to the past. Bound
- Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will. Disappointment
- Ever see a hot shot hit, kid? I saw the Gimp catch one in Philly. We rigged his room with a one-way whorehouse mirror and… Arm
- It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin - music, sculpture, writing, painting - and by magical I mean intended to… All
- Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what there is. Inspirational
- I bear my burden proudly for all to see, to conquer prejudice and ignorance and hate with knowledge and sincerity and love. Whenever you are… All
- Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse. Change
- For years I wondered why dreams are so often dull when related, and this morning I find the answer, which is very simple - like… Always Known
- Tell Allen I plead guilty to vampirism and other crimes against life. But I love him and nothing else cancels love. Allen
- The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise.… Client
- Out of the closets and into the museums, libraries, architectural monuments, concert halls, bookstores, recording studios and film studios of the world. Everything belongs to… Anyone
- The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going… Art
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