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The World Wasn't A More Tolerant Place When I Was A Young Man. Rather, They Simply Sidestepped All The Issues.

Be Just And If You Can't Be Just, Be Arbitrary.

Many Of My Characters First Came Through To Me As Voices. That's Why I Use A Tape Recorder.

The Idea Was That We Would Decide The Order When We Looked At The Proofs. I Remember Brion Gysin Saying "well, Why Change It? It's Perfect The Way It Is, The Way It Came From The Printer." Made One Major Change, That Is, The First Chapter That Came From The Printers, Which Would Be The Beginning, We Moved To The End. The First Chapter Became The Last Chapter. There's No Actual Cutups In Naked Lunch.

You Were Given The Power To Love In Order To Use It, No Matter What Pain It May Cause You.