Language is a virus from outer space.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

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,...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in...

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

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