More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
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.
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.
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
