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
hands want left-behind
the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them
people burning hell
I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.
book great-book interest
I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.
rain men hands
I would give anything for a female's hand on me tonight. they soften a man and then leave him listening to the rain.
sky pimp cab-drivers
well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm going to get you
ocean years genius
I met a genius on the train today about 6 years old, he sat beside me and as the train ran down along the coast we came to the ocean and then he looked at me and said, it’s not pretty.
silly writing past
I have seen too many men wilt and go silly under a little light, and then they continue to write and get published, turning out pure crap under a name that has become a bad habit. The next poem is all that counts. You can't stand on past poems.
magic trying may
magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it
butterfly cost dollars
What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of dollars to raise you, feed you, clothe you! Suppose I left you here on the street? Then what would you do?" "Catch butterflies
training slave basic-training
i do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear...
cancer inspiration mean
Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’ ‘No, I’m not.’ ‘What do you write?’ ‘Short stories mostly. And I’m halfway through a novel.’ ‘A novel, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘What’s the name of it?’ ‘”The Leaky Faucet of My Doom.”‘ ‘Oh, I like that. What’s it about?’ ‘Everything.’ ‘Everything? You mean, for instance, it’s about cancer?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘How about my wife?’ ‘She’s in there too.
mistake men dull
Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know.
typewriters
Do some living and get yourself a typewriter.
drink hard
It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink.