More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
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.
If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.
Language is a virus from outer space.
A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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
I am not one of those weak-spirited, sappy Americans who want to be liked by all the people around them. I don’t care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to do anything about it. My affections, being concentrated over a few people, are not spread all over Hell in a vile attempt to placate sulky, worthless shits.
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
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.
