A functioning police state needs no police.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the...

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...

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

I'm running out of everything now. Out of veins, out of money.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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...

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.

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...

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

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...

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

The face of evil is always the face of total need.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

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

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