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More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
One very important aspect of art is that it makes people aware of what they know and don’t know they know... Once the breakthrough is made, there is a permanent expansion of awareness. But there is always a reaction of rage, of outrage, at the first breakthrough... So the artist, then, expands awareness. And once the breakthrough is made, this becomes part of the general awareness.
We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
Life is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
Open your mind and let the pictures out
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.
Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, "I am not paid to listen to this drivel - you are a terminal fool!" Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
