Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowskiwas an American poet, novelist, and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 August 1920
CityAndernach, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
Charles Bukowski quotes about
mad magic
she’s mad, but she’s magic.
way
I am a poem. There is no way out.
purple doe strange
purple does something strange to me
hate facade
hate contains truth. beauty is a facade.
betrayal damnation female
The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.
women
A woman has to have something on or there's nothing to take off.
men tragedy his-love
It's not the large things that send a man to the madhouse... no, it's the continuing series of small tragedies... not the death of his love but the shoelace that snaps with no time left.
shoes shirts
I will put on my shoes and shirt and get out of here - it'll be better for all of us.
marijuana men medicine
The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the "Watchtower" itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.
hell bother
Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that
want ifs
If you want to create, you'll create...
drink response
That's your response to everything: drink?" "No, that's my response to nothing.
lonely self pity
I wasn’t lonely. I experienced no self-pity. I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning.
victory defeat small-victories
I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I have gotten from there to here.