William S. Burroughs Quotes

I have struggled for decades now with the fear of and resistance to change - mostly in the realms of technology, transportation, and the ways people choose to communicate. If I had a theme song, it would be that lovely song 'I'm Old-Fashioned,' as sung by Ella Fitzgerald.

Technology is the fashion of the '90s. It affects everyone, and everyone is interested in it - either from fear of being left behind or because they have a real need to use technology.

I'm such a technophobe.

I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds.

My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.

I'm actually a bit of a technophobe, which surprises people. I like to stay unplugged as much as possible.

I'm not actually terrified of technology. Though I'm certainly not an early adopter, either.

I was resistant to the Internet. I was afraid of it.

I think there's a gigantic generation gap in terms of how people understand the Internet and how much they think technology is an important factor in social change.

I am the complete and utter definition of a Luddite.

I look at my son and his relationship to technology, and I think back to when I was six and how wildly different the world is in that regard. I see him using an iPhone and all this stuff, and then I think back to when I was six. We didn't even have computers in our houses at all yet. This is a huge gap between our experiences as children.

As fabulous as technology is, it can also make us very anxious.

I understand the power of the Internet, but I can't say that I'm there. I'm old-fashioned and living in a different century. I don't know. I just don't really understand the craze of it.

Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.

I am from the age of magazines, so the Internet is terrifying to me. But I am learning.

I hate the fact that so much of our life is computerised rather than mechanised.

I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always been afraid of that in my own life.

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

I'm a poster child for Luddites. It was a challenge for me to open myself up the tech world.

There's a connection between the advances that are made in technology and the sense of primitive fear people develop in response to it.

People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance, and ignorance leads to fear. But with time, people will come to accept their silicon masters.

I am not gadgety at all. It's not that I'm appalled by technology, but I've taken my time acquiring any of it.

Right now, we have the most complex relationship with technology that we've ever had. Your regular person has more technology in their life now than the whole world had 100 years ago.

I don't like modernity. I don't have television or the Internet at home. The Internet scares me. I can't drive a car.

I don't see myself as a Luddite.