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William S. Burroughs was an American writer and artist who was a major figure of the Beat Generation.
* He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1914 and died in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1997.
* He is best known for his novels Naked Lunch and The Soft Machine.
* His work was often controversial and dealt with themes of drug use, homosexuality, and violence.
* He was a pioneer of the cut-up technique, a literary method that involves cutting up and rearranging text.
* His work has influenced a wide range of artists and writers, including David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, and Ian Curtis.
* He is considered one of the most important writers of the 20th century.

There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.

William S. Burroughs

Whether you like it or not, you are committed to the human endeavor. I cannot ally myself with such a purely negative goal as avoidance of suffering. Suffering is a chance you take by the fact of being alive.

William S. Burroughs

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

William S. Burroughs

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