Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Quote by William S Burroughs

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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...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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...

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...

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

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...

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

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

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...

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

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...

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere the careless, the most stupid thinker

If you dont design your own life plan, chances are youll fall into someone elses...

If you dont design your own life plan, chances are youll fall into someone elses...