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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 recording instrument... I do not presume to impose β€œstory” β€œplot” β€œcontinuity”... Insofar as I succeed in Direct recording of certain areas of psychic process I may have limited function... I am not an entertainer...
β€” William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch
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This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games.
β€” William S. Burroughs
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There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.
β€” William S. Burroughs
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The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.
β€” William S. Burroughs
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Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
β€” William S. Burroughs
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Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.
β€” William S. Burroughs
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