Projects | William Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
25.02.2008
"My trouble began when they decide I am executive timber", William S. Burroughs was born in 1914, in St. Louis, Missouri, into the family that cloned the adding machine, though he soon escaped the birthplace of T. S. Eliot and Tennessee Williams working as a private detective, exterminator, bartender and panhandler of Naked Lunch.
"The only complete man in the industry", he wised up the marks with a set of characters that would make the Nova mob look as sincere as any administration. "Listen to my last words anywhere. Listen to my last words any world. Listenall you boards syndicates and governments of the earth. And you powers behind what filth deals consummated in what lavatory to take what isnot yours. To sell the ground from unborn feet forever -" For Burroughs, selling was more of a habit than using. The Soft...
William S. Burroughs: Afterlife
25.02.2008
This interview took place in the upscale environment of Burroughs’ suite at the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto. Burroughs was dapper that day: leaning on his cane; the gravelly voice alive; the hat stylishly angled. He was in Toronto not just for a reading, but for an exhibition of his recent...
William S. Burroughs: The Beginning Is Also The End
25.02.2008
"I am not an addict. I am the addict. The addict I invented to keep this show on the junk road. I am all the addicts and all the junk in the world. I am junk and I am hooked forever. Now I am using junk as a basic illustration. Extend it. I am reality and I am hooked, on, reality. Give me an old...
William S. Burroughs: Exterminating
25.02.2008
William Burroughs’ distaste for politics and contempt for politicians is well-known. He considered that conflicts only became visible when the disease had already become inoperable. Taking them at face value then was just acting like a bull in the ring, charging the wrong target.
