Language is a virus from outer space.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

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,...

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

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...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

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.

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered and I fear I never...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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.