William S. Burroughs

"I don't want to see you here anymore."

"The future is just another word for death."

"Every creation is a collision of ideas."

"I have no talent for polite conversation."

"The question is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game."

"Words are the most powerful drug."

"I am here, queer, and I don't care."

"The past is a burden, the future is a dream."

"I have seen the future and it smells bad."

"Faith is for people who are afraid of the truth."

"The problem with the world is communication."

"Language is a virus from outer space."

"The only way out is through."

"Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise."

"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream."

"Control is a powerful drug."

"When you stop growing, you start dying."

"The word is now a virus."

"Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage."

"I am not a pleasant man."

"The purpose of writing is to inform and control reality."

"Real knowledge comes from your own direct experience."

"Habit is the great deadener."

"Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait."

"The machine gun is coming into wider use."

"Writing is about freedom."

"Consciousness is a disease."

"Never give an inch."

"The true artist transcends craft."

"All writing is in fact cut-ups."