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Charles Bukowski quotes

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

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Charles Bukowski quote: "Hey baby, when I write, I'm the hero of my shit."
Hey baby, when I write, I'm the hero of my shit. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing..."
If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. Charles Bukowski
People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it. Charles Bukowski
I wasn’t going anywhere and neither was the rest of the world. We were all just hanging around waiting to die and meanwhile doing little things to fill the space. Some of use weren’t even doing little things. We were vegetables. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I..."
I went to the worst of bars hoping to get killed but all I could do was to get drunk again. Charles Bukowski
Everybody had to conform, find a mold to fit into. Doctor, lawyer, soldier -- itdidn't matter what it was. Once in the mold you had to push forward. Sussex was as helpless as thenext man. Either you managed to do something or you starved in the streets. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness..."
The world had somehow gone too far, and spontaneous kindness could never be so easy. Charles Bukowski
and you invented meand I invented youand that's why we don'tget alongon this bedany longer. you were the world'sgreatest inventionuntil youflushed meaway. now it's your turnto wait for the touchof the handle. somebody will do itto you, bitch, and if they don'tyou will - mixed with your owngreen or yellow or whiteor blueor lavendergoodbye. Charles Bukowski
Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must do, with money and the poor, is never let them get too close to one another. Charles Bukowski
Generally, I decided, it was better to wait, if you had any feeling for the individual. If you hated her right off, it was better to fuck her right off; if you didn't, it was better to wait, then fuck her and hate her later on. Charles Bukowski
Her one drink had Cecelia giggling and talking and she was explaining that animals had souls too. Nobody challenged her opinion. It was possible, we knew. What we weren't sure of was if we had any. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Sometimes you have to take the whole concept of Art and throw..."
Sometimes you have to take the whole concept of Art and throw it out on its whore ass. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when..."
It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink. Charles Bukowski
I said goodbye againsucking up all that was left of her into thelittle that was left ofme. I said, 'don't look for me again. fuck it. we are all lost. goodbye, goodbye. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "(You can shoot a barracuda between the eyes and it won't go to..."
(You can shoot a barracuda between the eyes and it won't go to hell because it doesn't know where or what hell is...) Charles Bukowski

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