Burroughs was never really that pleased with the way popular culture and society treated his character. He tried to make a few movies of his own as a result, but they weren't very good.

Saigon is hot, full of atmosphere, activity, and commerce.

Elizabeth Hurley and I had a lot of fun together. She's a very beautiful, confident woman.

As a young man I prayed for success. Now I just pray to be worthy of it.

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for.

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.

Most people go, I wish for world peace. But chaos has a place in balancing out the light and the dark in the world. I don't know if I would wish for world peace.

I wish I could have 25,000 years of my personal family history documented in a very powerful computer or a CD-ROM that I could just pop in and my computer would never crash

Maybe my caveman ancestors invented the wheel or something. I'm not sure.

Careers go in cycles. I've plateau-ed. I've been at the bottom of the ocean... You win some, you lose some.

To swing or not to swing? Swing.

How is it possible to have a civil war?

FRANCISCUS: How sweetly she looks! Oh, but there's a wrinkle in her brow as deep as philosophy.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

The wittiest authors evoke a barely perceptible smile.

Fear only the warm embrace of passive stupidity.

I'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle.

In truth, 2007 was the hardest year of my life. I lost my best friend. I lost my father.

I know that once I get a good rhythm and a good feel, no one can stop me.

Women's liberation could have not succeeded if science had not provided them with contraception and household technology.

Asking a man if he could be trusted was like asking an unwed girl if she was a virgin. The question mattered, but the asking of it was gross insult.