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
writing simple people
People just don't know how to write down a simple easy line. It's difficult for them; it's like trying to keep a hard-on while drowning - not many can do it.
art simple intellectual
An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
simple men bridges
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.
fighting simple want
But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.
writing simple secret
The secret is writing down one simple line after another.
simple men artist
An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way
inspirational life simple
Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.
simple language results
that your power of command with simple language was one of the magnificent things of our century. (from the poem: result)
simple men bridges
he asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump off a bridge. writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers." "are you desperate?" "I don't know...
loneliness simple despair
she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty
running simple sea
I suppose like others I have come through fire and sword, love gone wrong, head-on crashes, drunk at sea, and I have listened to the simple sound of water running in tubs and wished to drown
simple artist way
Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.
moral human-experience grounded
Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience.
men never-trust never-trust-a-man
Never trust a man in a jumpsuit