I like the shaman very much, the way he was crying. William S. Burroughs More Quotes by William S. Burroughs More Quotes From William S. Burroughs Artists to my mind are the real architects of change. William S. Burroughs artist real mind The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits. William S. Burroughs cutting dream men I have no message to give the politicians of the world. They're all completely addicted to promiscuous verbalization and I'm quite sure they would not be at all interested in hearing about cut-ups and hieroglyphics and still less interested to hear about silence. William S. Burroughs cutting silence giving As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon smoking opium in a yellow pongee silk suit. They sniffed cocaine in Mayfair and they penetrated forbidden swamps with a faithful native boy and lived in the native quarter of Tangier smoking hashish and languidly caressing a pet gazelle. William S. Burroughs yellow boys children when I become death. Death is the seed from which I grow. William S. Burroughs burroughs seeds grows My relationship with cats has saved me from a deadly and pervasive ignorance. William S. Burroughs saved cat ignorance The nonconformist here may be "beat down" by life but still has a beauty in his or her longing for freedom and for an awakening of the mind. William S. Burroughs awakening mind may When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man. William S. Burroughs men book lying Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm? William S. Burroughs intestines advice firsts The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People, generally speaking, will take any intoxicant or any drug that gives them a pleasant effect if it is available to them. William S. Burroughs people ideas thinking Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside. William S. Burroughs mark beats world Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have. William S. Burroughs caution maturity In exorcism, a verbal argument can never do anything. You can't ever beat the entity in a verbal argument because that's what he wants. It's only through a confront, a non-verbal confront, that anything happens. It has to be non-verbal. William S. Burroughs exorcism argument want Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. William S. Burroughs paranoia sometimes facts I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened liver and the look of borrowed flesh common to all who survive The Sickness... When I speak of drug addiction I do not refer to keif, marijuana or any preparation of hashish, mescaline, Banisteriopsis caapi, LSD6, Sacred Mushrooms or any other drugs of the hallucinogen group... There is no evidence that the use of any hallucinogen results in physical dependence. William S. Burroughs marijuana addiction mushrooms Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. William S. Burroughs relief pleasure Time is what death needs to grow people in. William S. Burroughs time people needs In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it is. When you realize it you cannot complain. William S. Burroughs mountain sadness complaining Too perfect to be sexually attractive. William S. Burroughs attractive sexually perfect Never interfere in a girl and boy fight. William S. Burroughs girl fighting boys
