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I see painting as an evocative magic, and there must always be a random factor in magic, one which must be constantly changed and renewed.
William S. Burroughs
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William S. Burroughs
Age: 83 †
Born: 1914
Born: February 5
Died: 1997
Died: August 11
Essayist
Novelist
Painter
Photographer
Poet
Prosaist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
William Seward Burroughs II
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If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.
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I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all.
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
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Time: a landing field! Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.
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