Language is a virus from outer space.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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

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

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two...

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...

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...

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...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

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.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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...

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.

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

In fact, they recapitulate the story of Christianity word for word, like the inevitable course...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

Yeah, I call him a traitor.

Yeah, I call him a traitor.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor...

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor...