Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Quote by William S Burroughs

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You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed...

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by...

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

No worse fate can befall a man than to be surrounded by traitor souls.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams,...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything...

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want...

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.