More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
NOTHING happens by coincidence.
There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?
I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
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.
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.
There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.
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.
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.
