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Charles Bukowski quotes

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

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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is..."
not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "People don't do me much good."
People don't do me much good. Charles Bukowski
A good writer knew when not to write. Anybody could type. Not that I was a good typist; also I couldn't spell and I didn't know grammar. But I knew when not to write. It was like fucking. You had to rest the godhead now and then. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "a good bookcan make an almostimpossibleexistence, liveable(..."
a good bookcan make an almostimpossibleexistence, liveable( from 'the luck of the word' ) Charles Bukowski
There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see? I'm the guy who wrote it, but I don't want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe. Charles Bukowski
There are still things to be handle; there will always be things to be handled. Nobody ever gets caught up and finished on what there is to do. And even if you do, for a moment, feel a central peace, there is always somebody walking behind you with a switchblade. Charles Bukowski
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ASSHOLES, BABY? YOU'VE GOT AN ASSHOLE, I'VE GOT AN ASSHOLE! YOU GO TO THE STORE AND BUY A PORTERHOUSE STEAK, THAT HAS AN ASSHOLE! ASSHOLES COVER THE EARTH! IN A WAY TREES HAVE ASSHOLES BUT YOU CAN'T FIND THEM, THEY JUST DROP THEIR LEAVES. YOUR ASSHOLE, MY ASSHOLE, THE WORLD IS FULL OF BILLIONS OF ASSHOLES. THE PRESIDENT HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE CARWASH BOY HAS AN ASSHOLE, THE JUDGE AND THE MURDERER HAVE ASSHOLES...EVEN PURPLE STICKPIN HAS AN ASSHOLE! Charles Bukowski
they pulled Ezra through the streets in a wooden cage. Blake was sure of God. Villon was a mugger. Lorca sucked cock. T. S. Eliot worked a teller's cage Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Many a good man has been put under the bridge by a woman."
Many a good man has been put under the bridge by a woman. Charles Bukowski
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. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell."
I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste."
Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Bad taste makes more millionaires than good taste."
Bad taste makes more millionaires than good taste. Charles Bukowski
How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 8:30 a. m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so? Charles Bukowski

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