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Shoot the bitch and write a book. That's what I did.

— William S. Burroughs

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  2. Son, never listen to a priest or a policeman...the only thing they have is the key to the shithouse.
  3. Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that t…
  4. Survive, it's the name of the game. Would I give a shit about these people?
  5. No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.
  6. The mark of a basic shit is that he has to be right.
  7. No job too dirty for the fucking scientists.
  8. The 'Other Half' is the word. The 'Other Half' is an organism. Word is an organism. The presence of the 'Other Half' is a seperate organism…

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  • writing
  • life
  • creation
  • storytelling
  • trauma

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