All William S. Burroughs Quotes
- Paranoia is just having the right information. Information
- People have nothing to say, but they are afraid of saying nothing, so what they do say comes out flat and vapid and meaningless. The… Afraid
- In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it… Cannot Complain
- Evidence indicates that cats were first tamed in Egypt. The Egyptians stored grain, which attracted rodents, which attracted cats. (No evidence that such a thing… Accurate
- The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Cat
- Like most qualities, cuteness is delineated by what it isn't. Most people aren't cute at all, or if so they quickly outgrow their cuteness ...… All
- Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this Ugly Spirit. Bigoted
- The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment;… Better
- You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere. Bedside
- Death was in every sell of his body. He gave off a faint, greenish steam of decay. Lee imagined he would glow in the dark. Body
- NOTHING happens by coincidence. Coincidence
- The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man is externalizing himself in the… Brain
- Tell the truth once and for all and shut up forever. All
- For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years. Like… Bed
- My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know… Anyone
- There is nothing one fears more or is more ashamed of than not being oneself. Yet few people realize even an approximation of their true… Approximation
- What are Americans? We've got everything from sharecroppers to atomic physicist here, and there's certainly no uniformity in their thought processes. There's very little they… Americans
- You see, control can never be a means to any practical end...It can never be a means to anything but more control...like junk.. Any
- If I knew how much you loved me, I would’ve shot you sooner. Funny
- The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People,… Addiction
- Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction. Addiction
- Humility is indeed beatness, a compulsory virtue that no one exhibits unless he has to. Beatness
- Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller. Love
- This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles,… All
- Writers don't write, they read and transcribe. Read