William S. Burroughs

A functioning police state needs no police.

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.

In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom... Make no mistake, all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

Paranoia means having all the facts.

Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager."

Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.