Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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...

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

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.

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes...

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

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

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

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

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

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,...

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.

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will...

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...

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.

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an...

The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on...

The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are focused on...

Have you got any soul? a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel...

Have you got any soul? a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel...