Quotes by : William S. Burroughs

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek....

There are no innocent bystanders ... what are they doing there in the first place?

Junk turns the user into a plant. Plants do not feel pain since pain has no function in a stationary....

A junkie runs on junk time. When his junk is cut off, the clock runs down and stops. All he can do is....

There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing.......

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

You know a real friend?Someone you know will look after your cat after you are gone.

A room full of fags gives me the horrors. They jerk around like puppets on invisible strings, galvanized....

May 4, 1985. I am packing for a short trip to New York to discuss the cat book with Brion. In the front....

You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would....