“ Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. William S. Burroughs
“ I have learned the junk equation. Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means of increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life. William S. Burroughs
“ Democracy is cancerous, and bureaus are its cancer. A bureau takes root anywhere in the state, turns malignant like the Narcotic Bureau, and grows and grows, always reproducing more of its own kind, u… William S. Burroughs
“ The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict?The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. I… William S. Burroughs
“ Well, as you can plainly see, the possibilities are endless like meandering paths in a great big beautiful garden. William S. Burroughs
“ For the last four years of her life, Mother was in a nursing home called Chateins in St. Louis ... [S]ix months before she died I sent a Mother's Day card. There was a horrible, mushy poem in it. I re… William S. Burroughs
“ The program of the ruling elite in Orwell's was: A foot stamping on a human face forever! This is naive and optimistic. No species could survive for even a generation under such program. This is not… William S. Burroughs
“ Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it 'creat… William S. Burroughs
“ Hip - Someone who knows the score. Someone who understands jive talk. Someone who is with it. The expression is not subject to definition because, if you don't dig what it means, no one can ever tell… William S. Burroughs
“ What's with the serum?I don't know, but it sounds ominous. We better put a telepathic direction finder on Benway. The man's not to be trusted. Might do almost anything...Turn a massacre into a sex org… William S. Burroughs
“ Junk turns the user into a plant. Plants do not feel pain since pain has no function in a stationary organism. Junk is a pain killer. A plant has no libido in the human or animal sense. Junk replaces… William S. Burroughs
“ 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
“ Junk sickness is the reverse side of junk kick. The kick of junk is that you have to have it. Junkies run on junktime and junkmetabolism. They are subject to junk climate. They are warmed and chilled… William S. Burroughs
