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William S Burroughs Quotes

All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war. “There's no place for impractical dreamers around here, ” that's what they always say. “Your writing activities will be directed, kindly stop horsing around. ” “As for the smoking of marijuana, it is the exploitation for the workers. ” Both favor alcohol and are against pot Picture Quote #1

Some people like neat suburbs. I always am attracted to the rundown and the old and the offbeat Picture Quote #1

Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk Picture Quote #1

There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose “story” “plot” “continuity”... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer Picture Quote #1

If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe is the word, gentlemen, heh heh for passive intercourse or (b) if he is a different type baboon more extrovert and well-adjusted, lead an attack on an even weaker baboon if he can find one Picture Quote #1

If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future Picture Quote #1

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A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetish… Look, listen and transcribe and forget about being original Picture Quote #1

And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food... some of them do. There must have been a split between the cats who accepted domestication and those who did not Picture Quote #1

There is a kidney-shaped fish pool outside the picture window. I cleaned it out and put in some large goldfish I bought in a bait store. The cats are always trying to catch the fish, with no success. One time the white cat leapt for a frog across the pool. The frog dove in and the cat fell in. He is trouble-prone Picture Quote #1

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... Elegance, grace, delicacy, beauty, and a lack of self-consciousness: a creature who knows he is cute soon isn't Picture Quote #1

Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this ugly spirit Picture Quote #1

For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis... Six months before she died I sent a Mother's Day card. There was a horrible, mushy poem in it. I remember feeling

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The ears were large, flaring forward, the eyes limpid amber, in which the pupil floated like a glittering jewel, changing color with shifts of the light: obsidian, emerald, ruby, opal, amethyst, diamond Picture Quote #1

The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines Picture Quote #1

A Johnson honors his obligations. His word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy self-righteous trouble-making person. A Johnson will give help when needed Picture Quote #1

Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey Picture Quote #1

There may be people who like centipedes... Personally, I would regard such an individual with deep suspicion. I have just petted my cat:

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 shadow of death is on every face Picture Quote #1

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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 you cannot complain Picture Quote #1

Moor did not have tuberculosis or kidney trouble or undulant fever. He was sick with the sickness of death. Death was in every cell of his body 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

After Bill got his shot, a little color crept into his face and he would become almost coy. It was a gruesome sight. I remember once he told me how he'd been propositioned by a queer who offered him twenty dollars. Bill declined, saying

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 Picture Quote #1

If, after having been in someone's presence, you feel like you've lost a quart of plasma - avoid that presence. No one likes to hear the word

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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute, and if they are cute they rapidly outgrow it Picture Quote #1

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 some people who cannot vomit despite horrible nausea, she lay there unable to die, resisting death as she had resisted life, frozen with resentment of process and change Picture Quote #1

Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands

A John is different from a sucker. When you're with a sucker you're on alert all the time. You give him nothing. A sucker is just to be taken but a John is different. You give him what he pays for. When you're with him you enjoy yourself and you want him to enjoy himself too Picture Quote #1

The broken image of Man moves in minute by minute and cell by cell.... Poverty, hatred, war, police-criminals, bureaucracy, insanity, all symptoms of The Human Virus Picture Quote #1

I was lying there trying to control the fear. I did not know much about this uremic poisoning. A woman I'd known slightly in Texas had died of it after drinking a bottle of beer ever hour, night and day, for two weeks Picture Quote #1

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All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war. “There's no place for impractical dreamers around here, ” that's what they always say. “Your writing activities will be directed, kindly stop horsing around. ” “As for the smoking of marijuana, it is the exploitation for the workers. ” Both favor alcohol and are against pot (William S Burroughs Quotes) Some people like neat suburbs. I always am attracted to the rundown and the old and the offbeat (William S Burroughs Quotes) Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk (William S Burroughs Quotes) There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a recording instrument... I do not presume to impose “story” “plot” “continuity”... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer (William S Burroughs Quotes) If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe is the word, gentlemen, heh heh for passive intercourse or (b) if he is a different type baboon more extrovert and well-adjusted, lead an attack on an even weaker baboon if he can find one (William S Burroughs Quotes) If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future (William S Burroughs Quotes) A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetish… Look, listen and transcribe and forget about being original (William S Burroughs Quotes) And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food... some of them do. There must have been a split between the cats who accepted domestication and those who did not (William S Burroughs Quotes) There is a kidney-shaped fish pool outside the picture window. I cleaned it out and put in some large goldfish I bought in a bait store. The cats are always trying to catch the fish, with no success. One time the white cat leapt for a frog across the pool. The frog dove in and the cat fell in. He is trouble-prone (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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... Elegance, grace, delicacy, beauty, and a lack of self-consciousness: a creature who knows he is cute soon isn't (William S Burroughs Quotes) Cat hate reflects an ugly, stupid, loutish, bigoted spirit. There can be no compromise with this ugly spirit (William S Burroughs Quotes) For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis... Six months before she died I sent a Mother's Day card. There was a horrible, mushy poem in it. I remember feeling "vaguely guilty." (William S Burroughs Quotes) The ears were large, flaring forward, the eyes limpid amber, in which the pupil floated like a glittering jewel, changing color with shifts of the light: obsidian, emerald, ruby, opal, amethyst, diamond (William S Burroughs Quotes) The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines (William S Burroughs Quotes) A Johnson honors his obligations. His word is good and he is a good man to do business with. A Johnson minds his own business. He is not a snoopy self-righteous trouble-making person. A Johnson will give help when needed (William S Burroughs Quotes) Like pregnant women lose their teeth feeding the stranger, junkies lose their yellow fangs feeding the monkey (William S Burroughs Quotes) There may be people who like centipedes... Personally, I would regard such an individual with deep suspicion. I have just petted my cat: "And how is this good little cat beast?" Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on his underbelly? "And here is my good big centipede!" If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 shadow of death is on every face (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 you cannot complain (William S Burroughs Quotes) Moor did not have tuberculosis or kidney trouble or undulant fever. He was sick with the sickness of death. Death was in every cell of his body (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) After Bill got his shot, a little color crept into his face and he would become almost coy. It was a gruesome sight. I remember once he told me how he'd been propositioned by a queer who offered him twenty dollars. Bill declined, saying "I don't think you would be very well satisfied. "Bill twitched his fleshless hips. "You should see me in the nude," he said. "I'm really cute." (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 (William S Burroughs Quotes) If, after having been in someone's presence, you feel like you've lost a quart of plasma - avoid that presence. No one likes to hear the word "vampire" used around here... it's kind of bad for our public image (William S Burroughs Quotes) I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute, and if they are cute they rapidly outgrow it (William S Burroughs Quotes) 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 some people who cannot vomit despite horrible nausea, she lay there unable to die, resisting death as she had resisted life, frozen with resentment of process and change (William S Burroughs Quotes) Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands "jive talk. " Someone who is "with it. " The expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't "dig" what it means, no one can ever tell you (William S Burroughs Quotes) A John is different from a sucker. When you're with a sucker you're on alert all the time. You give him nothing. A sucker is just to be taken but a John is different. You give him what he pays for. When you're with him you enjoy yourself and you want him to enjoy himself too (William S Burroughs Quotes) The broken image of Man moves in minute by minute and cell by cell.... Poverty, hatred, war, police-criminals, bureaucracy, insanity, all symptoms of The Human Virus (William S Burroughs Quotes) I was lying there trying to control the fear. I did not know much about this uremic poisoning. A woman I'd known slightly in Texas had died of it after drinking a bottle of beer ever hour, night and day, for two weeks (William S Burroughs Quotes)

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