Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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.

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.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Language is a virus from outer space.

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...

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...

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people...

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,...

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.

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...

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

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...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the...

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

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

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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

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

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.