Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Quote by William S Burroughs

Topics: William S Burroughs Quotes

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

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

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

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...

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...

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?

A functioning police state needs no police.

A functioning police state needs no police.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

Writers don't write, they read and transcribe.

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...

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...

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...

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.

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...

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...

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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,...

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.

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...

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

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...