Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk. William S. Burroughs More Quotes by William S. Burroughs More Quotes From William S. Burroughs We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse William S. Burroughs insane leader faces What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity. William S. Burroughs creativity quality doe I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits. William S. Burroughs hate positive people After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' William S. Burroughs hilarious witty funny Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you can build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency. William S. Burroughs successful names worry After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military. William S. Burroughs gun military people Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. William S. Burroughs crazy caring inspirational I detest limitations of any kind, and intend to establish my ass some place where I am a virgin on the police blotter. William S. Burroughs ass police kind Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. William S. Burroughs atheism business mind After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. William S. Burroughs second-amendment gun people God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure. Never go too far in any direction, is the basic law on which Limey-Land is built. The Queen stabilizes the whole sinking shithouse and keeps a small elite of wealth and privilege on top. The English have gone soft in the outhouse. England is like some stricken beast too stupid to know it is dead. Ingloriously foundering in its own waste products, the backlash and bad karma of empire William S. Burroughs karma queens stupid I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy. William S. Burroughs crazy mind thinking The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible William S. Burroughs independent philosophy art To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth. William S. Burroughs bulls political mistake The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility. William S. Burroughs faces reality way You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence. William S. Burroughs allies silence country In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason. William S. Burroughs running believe thinking How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. William S. Burroughs i-hate conformity hate Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. William S. Burroughs real change art The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. William S. Burroughs cat pet doe
