Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters in Hemingway. His style in the wildest sense finally killed him. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I’m going to paint until I paint it, so it’s almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can’t help but know what he’s going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo – and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
I see no reason why the artistic world can’t absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can’t we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? William S. Burroughs Read Quote
My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks. William S. Burroughs Read Quote
Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole. William S. Burroughs Read Quote