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Charles Bukowski Quotes

Charles Bukowski quotes about writing

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

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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
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
There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. A writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do..."
bad writing's like bad women: there's just not much you can do about it 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: "The secret is writing down one simple line after another."
The secret is writing down one simple line after another. Charles Bukowski
I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair. Charles Bukowski
Somebody at one of these places asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You "don't try". That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like it's looks, you make a pet out of it. Charles Bukowski
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
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
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
Charles Bukowski quote: "Some people have written that my writing has helped them go..."
Some people have written that my writing has helped them go on. It has helped me too. The writing, the roses, the 9 cats. Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski quote: "the writing of somemenis like a vast bridgethat carries..."
the writing of somemenis like a vast bridgethat carries youoverthe many thingsthat claw and tear. The Wine of Forever Charles Bukowski
Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious. Charles Bukowski

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