The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from he…

William S. Burroughs
212 citations
The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines. ✨ William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg (1976). The retreat diaries
Humor
30

More Author Quotes

Nothing is true, everything is permitted. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2007). Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader, p.435, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits. ✨ William S. Burroughs (2013) … ▶
Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.' ✨ William S. Burroughs (2001). Bur … ▶
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. ✨ The War Universe. Grand Street, No. 37, 1991.
And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical animals, they prefer to have others provide the food ... some of … ▶

The self is like a pimping blackmailing chauffeur who gets you from here to there on word lines. ✨ William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg (1976). The retreat diaries

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes