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An addict never stops growing. Stupider.

~William S. Burroughs

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Speaking for myself, art differs from writing in that I never know what I'm going to paint until I paint it, so it's almost like automatic writing. A writer, on the other hand, can't help but know what he's going to write, because the activity demands a degree of premeditation.

~William S. Burroughs

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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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No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: February 5th, 1914

Died: August 2nd, 1997

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