All William S. Burroughs Quotes
- I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people… Affection
- Tangier is one of the few places left in the world where, so long as you don't proceed to robbery, violence, or some form of… Antisocial
- Madness is confusion of levels of fact. . . . Madness is not seeing visions but confusing levels. Confusing
- A junky runs on junk time. When the junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is hang on… All
- It is thought that the virus is a degeneration from a more complex life form. It may at one time have been capable of independent… Been
- When you cut into the present the future leaks out. Cut
- I think there are innumerable gods. What we on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces… Awful
- Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme. Beat
- The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening… Awakening
- Bizarre and engrossingly disturbing, Naked Lunch, finds truth in madness. Bizarre
- I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed them except to stick a needle every hour in the… Absolutely
- I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the… American
- As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.' Inspirational
- Never interfere in a girl and boy fight. Boy
- No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive. Alive
- I feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first… Addict
- I am trying like Klee, to create something that will have a life of its own, that can put me in real danger, a danger… Create
- I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the… Age
- Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with… Build
- You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you. Cause
- We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse All
- You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go… Always Imaginary
- If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency. Build
- Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don't have any whiskey,"… Any
- If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course. Chance