In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas. . . a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.
Source: Remark, 1964. Quoted in: Eric Mottram, William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need, pt. 1, ch. 1 (1977).
-- William S Burroughs, (Feb 5 1914-1997), US writer; He was a chief spokesman for the beat movement, 1950s; wrote Naked Lunch, 1959.