Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.
If you own a rug you own too much.
Suppose we suddenly wake up and see that what we thought to be this and that, ain't this and that at all?
I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief.
Swinging on delicate hinges the autumn leaf almost off the stem.
I loved the way she said 'LA'; I love the way everybody says 'LA' on the Coast; it's their one and only golden town when all is said and done.