I picked up On The Road, Howl, and Naked Lunch (in that order) in high school. I was blown away. The writing was amazing and the places it took me wa…

- Yony Leyser

[Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and relevant, especially [Willia…

- Yony Leyser

After I got kicked out of CalArts, I moved to Lawrence Kansas where my sister lived. I began working on A William S. Burroughs documentary. I had no …

- Yony Leyser

I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged carpet clean…

- Yony Leyser

Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s!

- Yony Leyser

Slamdance actually is indie and rebellious. Sundance obviously felt threatened.

- Yony Leyser

All of William S. Burroughs friends pushed it forward and introduced me to one another. I was able to enter into that beat family for a while and doc…

- Yony Leyser

I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).

- Yony Leyser

I like documenting people who can break away from the conformist boring world we are stuck in and either live their life in a much more far out way o…

- Yony Leyser