I had not taken a bath in a year nor changed my clothes or removed them except to stick a needle every hour in the fibrous grey wooden flesh of heroin addiction. I did absolutely nothing.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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...

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...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with...

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

A cat's rage is beautiful, burning with pure cat flame, all its hair standing up...

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas,...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

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...

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.

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...

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.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...