Quotes by William S. Burroughs

A functioning police state needs no police.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say "I want to see the manager."

Anything that can be done chemically can be done by other means.

Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client.

In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom... Make no mistake, all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S.