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Charles Bukowski Quotes

Charles Bukowski quotes

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

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Charles Bukowski quote: "i do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat,..."
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... Charles Bukowski
There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a writer. Almost everybody was a writer. Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer. Of those fifty guys in the room, probably fifteen of them thought they were writers. Almost everybody used words and could write them down, i. e., almost everybody could be a writer. But most men, fortunately, aren't... Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the..."
that your power of commandwith simple language wasone of the magnificent things ofour century.(from the poem: result) Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "some moments are nice, some arenicer, some are even..."
some moments are nice, some arenicer, some are even worthwritingabout. Charles Bukowski
Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against me I simply became disgusted and withdrew. Lydia was different. She reacted. She was the Head Cheerleader at the Game of Violence. Charles Bukowski
it seemed to me that I had never metanother person on earthas discouraging to my happinessas my father. and it appeared that I hadthe same effect uponhim. Charles Bukowski
She could talk. If she was a sphinx she could have talked, if she was a stone she could have talked. I wondered when she'd get tired and leave. Even after I stopped listening it was like being battered with tiny pingpong balls. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I wish I were driving a blue 1952 Buickor a dark blue 1942..."
I wish I were driving a blue 1952 Buickor a dark blue 1942 Buickor a blue 1932 Buickover a cliff of hell and into thesea. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I..."
we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "great books are the ones we need"
great books are the ones we need Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well..."
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. Charles Bukowski
My objection to war was not that I had to kill somebody or be killed senselessly, that hardly mattered. What I objected to was to be denied the right to sit in a small room and starve and drink cheap wine and go crazy in my own way and at my own leisure. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "The secret is writing down one simple line after another."
The secret is writing down one simple line after another. Charles Bukowski
Lydia screamed. The car began to swerve all over the street. "YOU SON-OF-A-BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU!" She crossed the double yellow line at high speed, directly into oncoming traffic. Horns sounded and cars scattered. We drove on against the flow of traffic, cars approaching us peeling off to the left and right. Then just as abruptly Lydia swerved back across the double line into the lane we had just vacated. Where are the police? I thought. Why is it that when Lydia does something the police... Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "To create art means to be crazy aloneforever."
To create art means to be crazy aloneforever. Charles Bukowski

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