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And if there is anybody out t...

And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit in the eye of the sun, hit those keys, it's the best madness going, the centuries need help, the species cry for light and gamble and laughter. Give it to them. There are enough words for all of us.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I have seen too many men wilt...

I have seen too many men wilt and go silly under a little light, and then they continue to write and get published, turning out pure crap under a name that has become a bad habit. The next poem is all that counts. You can't stand on past poems.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

He asked, "what makes a man a...

He asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump off a bridge. writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers." "are you desperate?" "I don't know.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The pest, in a sense, is a ve...

The pest, in a sense, is a very superior being to us: he knows where to find us and how--usually in the bath or in sexual intercourse or asleep.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

It's hot tonight and half the...

It's hot tonight and half the neighborhood is drunk. the other half is dead. if I have any advice about writing poetry it's - don't. I'm going to send out for some fried chicken.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

the psyche has been burned an...

the psyche has been burned and left us senseless, the world has been darker than lights-out in a closet full of hungry bats, and the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I was their bar freak, they n...

I was their bar freak, they needed me to make themselves feel better. just like, at times, I needed that graveyard.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I held her wrists and then I ...

I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all the things I had learned had been wasted. there was no creature living as foul as I and all my poems were false.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I remember when each 4th lot ...

I remember when each 4th lot was vacant and overgrown, and the landlord only go this rent when you had it, and each day was clear and good and each moment was full of promise.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The park grass looked greener...

The park grass looked greener, the park benches looked better and the flowers were trying harder.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I would certainly end up fore...

I would certainly end up forever crying the blues into a coffee cup in a park for old men playing chess or silly games of some sort.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Love is a Dog from Hell. ...

Love is a Dog from Hell.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Hemingway and Saroyan had the...

Hemingway and Saroyan had the line, the magic of it. The problem was that Hemingway didn't know how to laugh and Saroyan was filled with sugar.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Where some god pissed a rain ...

Where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I once lay in a white hospita...

I once lay in a white hospital for the dying and the dying self, where some god pissed a rain of reason to make things grow only to die, where on my knees I prayed for LIGHT, I prayed for l*i*g*h*t, and praying crawled like a blind slug into the web where threads of wind stuck against my mind and I died of pity for Man, for myself, on a cross without nails, watching in fear as the pig belches in his sty, farts, blinks and eats.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Potential," I said, "doesn't ...

Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Trouble and pain were what ke...

Trouble and pain were what kept a man alive. Or trying to avoid trouble and pain. It was a full time job.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I was young I was so young it...

I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible--- not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance: trying to connect.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Hey, Hank, I notice all the w...

Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right." "Sam," I say, "that's not true; I am one of God's most lonely men.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

If you can only remain pure i...

If you can only remain pure in your stupidity, someday you may get a phone call from hell.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

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