More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.
Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, "I am not paid to listen to this drivel - you are a terminal fool!" Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.
I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.
Open your mind and let the pictures out
You were given the power to love in order to use it, no matter what pain it may cause you.
Paranoia is just having the right information.
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.