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
sometimes hell goodness
Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.
empowerment follow-through
Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
strong
We are hardly ever as strong as that which we create.
strong
We are hardly ever as strong as that which we create.
animal worry heaven
Animals never worry about Heaven or Hell. Neither do I. Maybe that's why we get along.
heart years people
My heart is a thousand years old. I am not like other people.
mean people waste
I guess we often get the deep blues, both of us, and wonder what it all means- the people, the buildings, the day by day things, the waste of time, of ourselves.
hurt writing hot
Don't ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out.
sleep
too often, the only escape is sleep
taste bad-things
An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing.
crowds gathering creation
The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
race want littles
I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.
men luck trying
I got lost somehow, began staring up her legs. I was always a leg man. It was the first thing I saw when I was born. But then I was trying to get out. Ever since I have been working in the other direction and with pretty lousy luck.
beautiful wine beer
Everything was a trap: women, drugs, whiskey, wine, scotch, beer - even beer - cigars, and cigarettes. Traps: Work or no work. Traps: Artistry or no artistry; everything sucked you into some spiderweb. I disdained the use of the needle for the same reason that I disdained some so-called beautiful women - the price was far beyond the measure of the worth. I didn't want to hustle that hard.