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More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
It is to be remembered that all art is magical in origin - music, sculpture, writing, painting - and by magical I mean intended to produce very definite results. Paintings were originally formulae to make what is painted happen. Art is not an end in itself, any more than Einstein's matter-into-energy formulae is an end in itself. Like all formulae, art was originally FUNCTIONAL, intended to make things happen, the way an atom bomb happens from Einstein's formulae.
To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.
Every word is autobiographical, and every word is fiction.
When you cut into the present the future leaks out.
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity.
No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
