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
finals world four
The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you were twelve floors up instead of four. It was very much like living on the edge of the world - a last resting place before the final big drop.
wall drinking wine
Long before I became 'rich and famous' I just sat round drinking wine and staring at the walls.
listening knowing-god knows
we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.
drinking alcohol earth
Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me.
eye thinking flames
I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?" she lights her cigarette with my lighter and looks at me through the flame: her eyes tell me. look," I say, "I don't think I can ever pay that price again.
horse fall coffee
it doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horse or that the hummingbird is so seldom seen or that we are too senseless to go insane. coffee. give us more of that NOTHING coffee.
clarity meant-to-be
there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity.
mirrors ugly wonder
I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get.
love too-much used
and love is a word used too much and much too soon.
beer drunk important
Anybody can be a non-drunk. It takes a special talent to be a drunk. It takes endurance. Endurance is more important than truth.
crazy opportunist something-better
Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...
crazy said sane
I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.
crazy love-you said
I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed.
rose hustle born
i was born to hustle roses down the avenue of the dead.