William S. Burroughs

"I have no taste for violence."

"The word is now flesh."

"Reality is something you rise above."

"Time is the raw material of thought."

"The sexual revolution has not happened yet."

"A dark comedy about control."

"Your past is a ghost."

"The street finds its own uses for things."

"I'm a very serious writer."

"Cut-ups could take you anywhere."

"Nothing is true; everything is permitted."

"The end of the alphabet is the end of language."

"Love is a con."

"Consciousness is a disease."

"Fear, the oldest weapon of control."

"Addiction is a disease of the will."

"The user is always out of control."

"Any number of people can be replaced by someone else."

"I prefer to go mad among others rather than go sane alone."

"Western man is supposed to overcome his shadow."

"The Nazis were right about some things."

"Art is not concerned with technique alone."

"I owe everything to an old man."

"Cats are superior to dogs in most ways."

"I don't believe in artificial limits."

"The more you know, the more complex the picture becomes."

"Control can never be permanent because there is always someone else."

"Rock and roll is a dangerous threat."

"Youth is wasted on the young."

"I would rather be a bird than a fish."