The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals.

Like many nonconformist and beat generation writers, William S. Burroughs takes the outcasts of society as his theme.

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.

There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.

It is to be remembered that the origin of all the arts-music, painting and writing-is magical and evocative; and that magic is always used to obtain some definite result.