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William S Burroughs Quotes

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 wildest sense finally killed him Picture Quote #1

Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life Picture Quote #1

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military Picture Quote #1

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, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers Picture Quote #1

The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not. - pg. 41 Picture Quote #1

The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus Picture Quote #1

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Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else? Picture Quote #1

The world wasn’t a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues Picture Quote #1

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing Picture Quote #1

Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are the prerecordings themselves. The copies can only repeat themselves word for word. A virus is a copy. You can pretty it up, cut it up, scramble it - it will reassemble in the same form Picture Quote #1

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Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered Picture Quote #1

Most people don’t see what’s going on around them. That’s my principal message to writers: ‘For God’s sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what’s going on around you.’ Picture Quote #1

No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought Picture Quote #1

I see no reason why the artistic world can’t absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can’t we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t exposed to art as I was growing up, and can’t recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials Picture Quote #1

Visual art and writing don’t exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can’t do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating Picture Quote #1

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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 own business Picture Quote #1

England has the most sordid literary scene I’ve ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy’s writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They’re all scratching each other’s backs Picture Quote #1

The country with a low birth rate and low death rate will be hardest hit - and so the poor may indeed inherit the earth, because they’re healthier Picture Quote #1

All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war Picture Quote #1

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 crude, antisocial behavior, you can do exactly what you want Picture Quote #1

I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself Picture Quote #1

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Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever? Picture Quote #1

Anslinger’s reefer madness did not caution even the seeds of efficient, intelligent, ruthless action ... The same goes for Hoover, sniveling Nixon, the whole miserable, wretchedly evil lot of them ... not a man among them who could have pulled off a successful coup in a banana republic Picture Quote #1

Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are impervious to the repugnance of others. It is doubtful if shame can exist in the absence of sexual libido... The junky’s shame disappears with his nonsexual sociability which is also dependent on libido Picture Quote #1

The beautiful disease and The government falls along the weed rooms flesh along the weed government Picture Quote #1

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity Picture Quote #1

Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better Picture Quote #1

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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 wildest sense finally killed him (William S Burroughs Quotes) Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life (William S Burroughs Quotes) After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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, but ours seems to be based on war and games. All games are basically hostile. Winners and losers. We see them all around us: the winners and the losers. The losers can oftentimes become winners, and the winners can very easily become losers (William S Burroughs Quotes) The American uppermiddle-class citizen is a composite of negatives. He is largely delineated by what he is not. - pg. 41 (William S Burroughs Quotes) The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in the near future right-wingers will use drug hysteria as a pretext to set up an international police apparatus (William S Burroughs Quotes) Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 (William S Burroughs Quotes) All writing is in fact cut-ups. A collage of words read heard overheard. What else? (William S Burroughs Quotes) The world wasn’t a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues (William S Burroughs Quotes) Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing (William S Burroughs Quotes) Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are the prerecordings themselves. The copies can only repeat themselves word for word. A virus is a copy. You can pretty it up, cut it up, scramble it - it will reassemble in the same form (William S Burroughs Quotes) Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered (William S Burroughs Quotes) Most people don’t see what’s going on around them. That’s my principal message to writers: ‘For God’s sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what’s going on around you.’ (William S Burroughs Quotes) No body of knowledge needs an organizational policy. Organizational policy can only impede the advancement of knowledge. There is a basic incompatibility between any organization and freedom of thought (William S Burroughs Quotes) I see no reason why the artistic world can’t absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can’t we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? (William S Burroughs Quotes) I wasn’t exposed to art as I was growing up, and can’t recall the first time I saw a work of art. However, I remember very clearly a vision I had of a little green reindeer when I was a child, and visions emanate from the same mythical area where painting resides. Whatever the reason, I immediately felt comfortable working with visual materials (William S Burroughs Quotes) Visual art and writing don’t exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can’t do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 own business (William S Burroughs Quotes) England has the most sordid literary scene I’ve ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy’s writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They’re all scratching each other’s backs (William S Burroughs Quotes) The country with a low birth rate and low death rate will be hardest hit - and so the poor may indeed inherit the earth, because they’re healthier (William S Burroughs Quotes) All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 crude, antisocial behavior, you can do exactly what you want. (William S Burroughs Quotes) I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself. (William S Burroughs Quotes) Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever? (William S Burroughs Quotes) Anslinger’s reefer madness did not caution even the seeds of efficient, intelligent, ruthless action ... The same goes for Hoover, sniveling Nixon, the whole miserable, wretchedly evil lot of them ... not a man among them who could have pulled off a successful coup in a banana republic. (William S Burroughs Quotes) Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are impervious to the repugnance of others. It is doubtful if shame can exist in the absence of sexual libido... The junky’s shame disappears with his nonsexual sociability which is also dependent on libido... (William S Burroughs Quotes) The beautiful disease and The government falls along the weed rooms flesh along the weed government ... (William S Burroughs Quotes) What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity. (William S Burroughs Quotes) Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better (William S Burroughs Quotes)

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