--- title: "4 William S. Burroughs Jr Quotes - Famous Novelist" description: "American writer (1947–1981)... | William Seward Burroughs III, also known as William S. Burroughs Jr. and Billy Burroughs, was an American novelist. He ..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/william-s-burroughs-jr-65917_first-time_the-wound-as-i-called-it-was-three-inche_737331.jpg" --- # William S. Burroughs Jr (1947–1981) Novelist **4** quotes in **6** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William S. Burroughs Jr was a novelist. ## Quick Facts About William S. Burroughs Jr Born July 21, 1947 Died March 3, 1981 Profession Novelist ## About William S. Burroughs Jr American writer (1947–1981)... \| William Seward Burroughs III, also known as William S. Burroughs Jr. and Billy Burroughs, was an American novelist. He bears the name of his father, William S. Burroughs, as well as his great-grandfather, William Seward Burroughs I, the inventor of the Burroughs adding machine. He wrote three novels ## Quotes by William S. Burroughs Jr > [“The wound, as I called it, was three inches across, eighteen inches long, and as deep as my backbone. I was gutted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs-jr/the-wound-as-i-called-it-was-three-inches-across-eighteen-inches-long/) William S. Burroughs Jr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/william-s-burroughs-jr-65917_first-time_the-wound-as-i-called-it-was-three-inche_737331.jpg) > [“There’s a certain tear-jerking way that some people can go slowly wide-eyed before any entertainment. I watch them at movies and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs-jr/there-s-a-certain-tear-jerking-way-that-some-people-can-go-slowly/) William S. Burroughs Jr [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/william-s-burroughs-jr-65917_children_there-s-a-certain-tear-jerking-way-that_1398784.jpg) > [“Read together, these two completed narratives constitute the saga of an exemplary twentieth-century American unsentimental education, in which the generosity of Billy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs-jr/read-together-these-two-completed-narratives-constitute-the-saga-of/) William S. Burroughs Jr [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/william-s-burroughs-jr-65917_books_read-together-these-two-completed-narrat_2444368.jpg) > [“The Village is full of people who look quite alien and monstrous and I’m not speaking of hippies only, there are occasional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs-jr/the-village-is-full-of-people-who-look-quite-alien-and-monstrous-and/) William S. Burroughs Jr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/william-s-burroughs-jr-65917_hostile_the-village-is-full-of-people-who-look-q_2623737.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs-jr/#itemlist", "name": "William S. Burroughs Jr Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The wound, as I called it, was three inches across, eighteen inches long, and as deep as my backbone. I was gutted like a Halloween pig. It couldn't be stitched up because of infection danger and I had to heal from the inside out. When the nurse first saw it, she said, \"Oh my God!\" Which scared me to death. Just what I needed. And it had to be washed out with saline at least three times a day and disinfected. Slosh it in with a squirting machine, suck it out with a vacuum machine. 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