Quotes by William S. Burroughs

Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

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.

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.