I was suckered in by the myth of the man [ William Burroughs] as much as by his work.

I am always looking for some clue, some easily missed sign that might just be the missing piece in the puzzle.

That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that the true history inverts the official one.

I like to focus on the varieties of paper, the different sizes and watermarks, evidence perhaps of what was typed when and sometimes where and by whom.

It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance and history, and to establish the cultural meaning of the book, part and whole.

I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on. -Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow Man for Crime Time online magazine

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

There cannot be two absolutely free beings in the universe, for sooner or later two completely free wills must collide.

Lord, I do fear Thou'st made the world too beautiful this year My soul is all but out of me-let fall No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.

We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.

It's hard to outdo the Lord in generosity.

I believe that I am male and I am female.

Long-term, we must figure out a way that the Kurdish territory within Iraq operates with a certain amount of autonomy so that they feel comfortable and safe going back.

Nothing is worth putting my health on the line. Not a camera, not a title, nothing.

Its been nearly 1.5 years since the last PLUS 8 record, but it seemed fitting that this record in particular, made by a skinny white kid from Canada, became part of the labels collection and history.

Stars burn clear all night till dawn. Do that yourself, and a spring will rise in the dark with water your deepest thirst is for.