The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.

Burroughs is featured on the 2000 compilation tribute album Stoned Immaculate on a track that pairs Jim Morrison yelping and groaning with Burroughs reading Morrison's poetry. : /ˈbʌroʊz/; also known by his pen name William Lee; (1914-02-05)February 5 1914 – August 2 1997(1997-08-02)) was an American novelist short story writer essayist painter and spoken word performer. Return to U.

Burroughs had one child William Seward Burroughs III (1947-1981) with his second wife Joan Vollmer. sodomy laws. S.