I don't have any politics. I feel that as soon as politics arises, things are already in a hopeless state of deterioration.
William S. BurroughsMan must get away from verbal forms to attain the consciousness, that which is there to be perceived at hand.
William S. BurroughsLook at these poisonous color maps where flesh trees grow from human sacrifices; listen to these sniggering half-heard words of tenderness and doom from lips spotted with decay
William S. BurroughsHe who has learned to do nothing with his whole mind and body will have everything done for him.
William S. BurroughsIf everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.
William S. BurroughsI don't know what falling in love for me is. The concept of romantic love arose in the Middle Ages. Now remember, the Arabs don't even have a word for love-that is, a word for love apart from physical attraction or sex. And this separation of love and sex is a western concept, a Christian concept. As to what falling in love means, I'm uncertain. Love, well, it means simply physical attraction and liking a person at the same time.
William S. Burroughs