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
ambition laziness my-ambition
My ambition is handicapped by laziness
nerves spirit desperation
Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation.
cat people forever
The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten. Someday this will be discovered, and people will have a thousand cats and live forever.
style dull dangerous
It's better to do a dull thing with style than a dangerous thing without it.
book needs great-book
great books are the ones we need
change romantic men
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
writing bad-writing bad-woman
bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it
essence mad people
This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything...just to do nothing at all, very, very important. And how many people do this in modern society? Very few. That's why they're all totally mad, frustrated, angry and hateful.
jail needs drink
What? You’d dare drink right after getting out of jail for intoxication?” That’s when you need a drink the most.
nice writing moments
some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about.
love romantic writing
I loved you like a man loves a woman he never touches, only writes to, keeps little photographs of.
communism capitalism survived
Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.
baby pockets hello
I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.
laughter real laughing
It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun