The Cat

 "The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing."

William S. Burroughs

The quote is not exactly inspirational. What blows me away is who said it.

William S. Burroughs was a madmen. A writer. A self-described junkie and unredeemed drug addict.

What the hell is he doing thinking about cats?

He was known for using the cut-up technique of writing, at least in some of his stuff. I never believed it could be done, but apparently it was a real thing.

In cut-up, the writer takes a "finished, fully linear text and cuts it into pieces with a few or single words on each piece. The resulting pieces are then rearranged into a new text."

Bizarre.

He was a unique, strange, creative guy who got away with killing his wife, while being given only a two- year suspended sentence. A true inspiration.

Anyway, in researching this quote I came across a number of quotes from Burroughs about cats.

Who knew?

More to come.