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Charles Bukowski quotes

American Author, Writer, Poet August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994

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Charles Bukowski quote: "It was like a church in there as only the truly lost sit in..."
It was like a church in there as only the truly lost sit in bars on Tuesday mornings at 8:00 a. m. Charles Bukowski
To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane. Charles Bukowski
..the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them... Charles Bukowski
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. Charles Bukowski
I was only kidding about the hundred," she says. oh," I say, "what will it cost me?"she lights her cigarette withmy lighter and looks at methrough the flame: her eyes tell me. look," I say, "I don't think Ican ever pay that price again. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the..."
I don't know about other people, but when I wake up in the morning and put my shoes on, I think, Jesus Christ, now what? Charles Bukowski
I held herwrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless andsick. all the things I had learned had been wasted. there was no creature living as foul as Iand all my poems werefalse. Charles Bukowski
you are on the freeway threading through traffic now, moving both towards something and towards nothing at all as you punchthe radio on and get Mozart, which is something, and you will somehowget through the slow days and the busy days and the dulldays and the hateful days and the rare days, all both so delightfuland so disappointing becausewe are all so alike and so different. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back..."
There are times when those eyes inside your brain stare back at you. Charles Bukowski
people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin. Charles Bukowski
Van Gogh writing his brother for paints. Hemingway testing his shotgun. Celine going broke as a doctor of medicinethe impossibility of being human Charles Bukowski
Early evening traffic was beginning to clog the avenue with cars. The sun slanted down behind him. Harry glanced at the drivers of the cars. They seemed unhappy. The world was unhappy. People were in the dark. People were terrified and disappointed. People were caught in traps. People were defensive and frantic. They felt as if their lives were being wasted. And they were right. Charles Bukowski
There's nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower. What is terrible is not death but the lives people live or don't live up until their death. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "In the morning it was morning and I was still alive. Maybe..."
In the morning it was morning and I was still alive. Maybe I'll write a novel, I thought. And then I did. Charles Bukowski
That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup until you could write and while you were waiting you went crazy, and while you were going crazy you drank and the more you drank the crazier you got. Charles Bukowski

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