More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
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.
in the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen
NOTHING happens by coincidence.
The simplest questions are the most difficult.
Language is a virus from outer space.
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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.