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William S. Burroughs Quote
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| “Most of the trouble in the world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.” ―William S. Burroughs Source/Notes: The Adding Machine: Selected Essays (1985), The Name is Burroughs |
| Source/Notes: From the chapter entitled Rube, p. 11 - Naked Lunch (1959) |
| “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.” ―William S. Burroughs Source/Notes: Grand Street, no. 37 & The War Universe (1992) |
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William S. Burroughs
Born: February 5, 1914
Died: August 2, 1997 (aged 83)
Nationality: American
Occupation: Writer, author
Bio: William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th century.
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