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Charles Bukowski quotes

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

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Charles Bukowski quote: "You have my soul and I have your money"
You have my soul and I have your money Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t..."
I do think that poetry is important though, if you don’t strive at it, if you don’t fill it full of stars and falseness. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there."
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that..."
That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man. Charles Bukowski
What will you do?"Oh, hell, I'll write a novel about writing the screenplay and making the movie."What are you going to call it?"Hollywood."Hollywood?"Yes..."And here it is. (Hollywood, pg. 239) Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art."
To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you"
be it peace or happinesslet it enfold you Charles Bukowski
I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a..."
Your writing", she said to me, "it's so raw. It's like a sledgehammer, and yet it has humor and tenderness. . . . Charles Bukowski
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get outbut I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you. Charles Bukowski
You're afraid of the audience, aren't you?"Yes, but it's not stagefright. It's that I'm there as the geek. They like to watch me eat my shit. But it pays the light bill and takes me to the racetrack. I don't have any excuses about why I do it. Charles Bukowski
the last cigarettes are smoked, the loaves are sliced, and lest this be taken for wry sorrow, drown the spider in wine. you are much more than simply dead: I am a dish for your ashes, I am a fist for your vanished air. the most terrible thing about lifeis finding it gone. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of..."
Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I'm..."
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out, but I'm too tough for him. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "Careful poetry and careful people live only long enough to die..."
Careful poetry and careful people live only long enough to die safely. Charles Bukowski

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