Quotes by William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch

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There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a reco — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
What's with the serum?"I don't know, but it sounds ominous. We better put a telepathic direction finder on Benway. The m — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Squatting on old bones and excrement and rusty iron, in a white blaze of heat, a panorama of naked idiots stretches to t — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Rock and Roll adolescent hoodlums storm the streets of all nations. They rush into the Louvre and throw acid in the Mona — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequ — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
The study of thinking machines teaches us more about the brain than we can learn by introspective methods. Western man i — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Well, as you can plainly see, the possibilities are endless like meandering paths in a great big beautiful garden. — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Did I ever tell you about the manwho taught his asshole to talk?His whole abdomen would move up and down,you dig, fartin — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
The boy looks into Mugwump eyes blank as obsidian mirrors, pools of black blood, glory holes in a toilet wall closing on — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch
Democracy is cancerous, and bureaus are its cancer. A bureau takes root anywhere in the state, turns malignant like the — William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch