00:02Now, folks, if you'll just care to step this way, you are about to witness the complete, all-American, de
00:10-anxietized man.
00:12He was the first person that was famous for things you were supposed to hide. He was gay, he was
00:16a junkie, he didn't look handsome, he shot his wife, he wrote poetry about assholes and heroin.
00:23William seemed to have a connection with everything. You see a movie like Blade Runner, and then you find the
00:29phrase Blade Runner came from him. The term heavy metal is attributed to him.
00:35Burroughs achieved a great deal more than being arguably the greatest writer in the world in the second half of
00:41the 20th century.
00:42He was thinking up something that wasn't even illegal yet.
00:46And that is precisely what I always endeavor to do when I'm writing. I'm transcribing a movie, a film that
00:53I see in my mind.
00:54Billy Billy Lee ain't no fool. All the junkies think he's cool.
00:59He's got a real thrill out of handling firearms.
01:02This is better than shooting heroin. I mean, you shot something else, and it went bang.
01:07I bring not peace, but a sword.
01:13He's playing William Tell with a .45, for God's sakes.
01:17I want something to shoot!
01:24Jim, if you had your choice, would you rather be a poisonous snake or a non-poisonous snake?
