American - Writer | February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997
It is indeed difficult to make a living as a writer, and my advice to anyone contemplating a literary career is to have some other trade.
William S. Burroughs
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Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.
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An addict never stops growing. Stupider.
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The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.
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If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention.
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