"Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody? 'Your very own words,' indeed! And who are you?"
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'Cut-Ups Self-Explained' in Brion Gysin Let the Mice In, Tuning in to the Multimedia Age, p. 153.
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Brion Gysin
Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 β 13 July 1986) was a painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist born in Taplow, Buckinghamshire.
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