Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. William S. Burroughs More Quotes by William S. Burroughs More Quotes From William S. Burroughs It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used to obtain some definite result. William S. Burroughs magicwritingart In homosexual sex you know exactly what the other person is feeling, so you are identifying with the other person completely. In heterosexual sex you have no idea what the other person is feeling. William S. Burroughs feelingssexideas Belief is a meaningless word. What does it mean? I believe something. Okay, now you have someone who is hearing voices and believes in these voices. It doesn't mean they have any necessary reality. Your whole concept of your "I" is an illusion. You have to give something called an "I" before you speak of what the "I" believes. William S. Burroughs meanbelievereality Hemingway said: 'It don't come anymore.' So where did it go? William S. Burroughs said Piss off Satan and don't take me for dumber than I look. William S. Burroughs atheismfearlooks Who was I? The stranger was footsteps in the snow a long time ago. William S. Burroughs strangersnowlong Kick is seeing things from a special angle. Kick is momentary freedom from the claims of the aging, cautious, nagging, fightened flesh. William S. Burroughs naggingfleshspecial There's a boy across the river with an ass like a peach; alas I was no swimmer and lost my Clementine. William S. Burroughs peachesriversboys Look at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and doom from lips spotted with decay William S. Burroughs sacrificecolortree A writer does not own words any more than a painter owns colors. So lets dispense with this originality fetish… Look, listen and transcribe and forget about being original. William S. Burroughs colordoelooks This is a war universe. War all the time. There may be other universes, but ours seems to be based on war and games. William S. Burroughs gamesmaywar The word is now a virus. William S. Burroughs viruses He is a boy sleeping against the mosque wall, ejaculates wet dreaming into a thousand cunts pink and smooth as sea shells. William S. Burroughs walldreamsleep Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. William S. Burroughs weedalcoholmean Life is a vacation from two eternities. William S. Burroughs vacationlife-istwo Human, Allen, is an adjective, and its use as a noun is in itself regrettable. William S. Burroughs nounsadjectivesuse First there was a young guy sitting in front of television in a T-shirt drinking beer with his mother, then there was an older fatter person sitting in front of television in a T-shirt drinking beer with his mother. William S. Burroughs motherdrinkingbeer I think all writers write for an audience. There is no such thing as writing for yourself. William S. Burroughs audiencewritingthinking If you wish to alter or annihilate a pyramid of numbers in a serial relation, you alter or remove the bottom number. If we wish to annihilate the junk pyramid, we must start with the bottom of the pyramid: the Addict in the Street, and stop tilting quixotically for the "higher ups" so called, all of whom are immediately replaceable. The addict in the street who must have junk to live is the one irreplaceable factor in the junk equation. When there are no more addicts to buy junk there will be no junk traffic. As long as junk need exists, someone will service it. William S. Burroughs pyramidsnumberslong Shooting is my principal pastime. William S. Burroughs pastimeprincipalshooting
