Gentlemen, I am a scientist. I am a novelist. I am a painter. I am a musician. I am a poet. I am a philosopher. I am a magician. I am a shaman. I am a witch doctor. I am a voodoo priest. I am a god. I am a devil. I am nothing. I am everything.
— William S. Burroughs Modern

Naked Lunch, Beat writer

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