When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.
William S. BurroughsI feel that any form of so called psychotherapy is strongly contraindicated for addicts. The question Why did you start using narcotics in the first place? should never be asked. It is quite as irrelevant to treatment as it would be to ask a malarial patient why he went to a malarial area.
William S. BurroughsAlways remember, there's no point trying to be faithful to the book because film and writing are just two completely different things. Any film stands on its own, apart from whether it's based on a novel.
William S. BurroughsLife is a vacation from two eternities, who wants to waste those precious years worrying about what happens when you get back to forever?
William S. BurroughsIf all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.
William S. Burroughs