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I was laying in bed one night ...

I was laying in bed one night and I thought 'I'll just quit - to hell with it.' And another little voice inside me said 'Don't quit - save that tiny little ember of spark.' And never give them that spark because as long as you have that spark, you can start the greatest fire again.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Censorship is the tool of thos...

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

That's how it is with books, i...

That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty me. I have to go away to refill.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The worst thing for a writer i...

The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers. Like flies on the same turd.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

It's nice enough to make a man...

It's nice enough to make a man weep, but I don't weep, do you?

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Style means no shield at all.<...

Style means no shield at all.
Style means no front at all.
Style means ultimate naturalness.
Style means one man alone with billions of men about.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I grow tired of 18th century m...

I grow tired of 18th century moralities in a 20th century space-atomic age

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Each man's hell is in a differ...

Each man's hell is in a different place: mine is just up and behind my ruined face.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Intellectuals say simple thing...

Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I am a poem. There is no way o...

I am a poem. There is no way out.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The male, for all his bravado ...

The male, for all his bravado and exploration, is the loyal one, the one who generally feels love. The female is skilled at betrayal and torture and damnation.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

It's the order of things: each...

It's the order of things: each one gets a taste of honey then the knife.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I wasn't going anywhere and ne...

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 831 quotes

Don't ever write a novel unles...

Don't ever write a novel unless it hurts like a hot turd coming out.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I don't know if this is true t...

I don't know if this is true to you but for me sometimes it gets so bad that anything else say like looking at a bird on an overhead power line seems as great as a Beethoven symphony. then you forget it and you're back again.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

I just want a hot cup of coffe...

I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don't want to hear about your troubles.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

They swallow God without think...

They swallow God without thinking, they swallow country without thinking. Soon they forget how to think, they let others think for them.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

The best thing about the bedro...

The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

People are strange: They are c...

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

Early evening traffic was begi...

Early evening traffic was beginning to clog the avenue with cars. The sun slanted down behind him. Harry glanced at the drivers of the cars. They seemed unhappy. The world was unhappy. People were in the dark. People were terrified and disappointed. People were caught in traps. People were defensive and frantic. They felt as if their lives were being wasted. And they were right.

Charles Bukowski 831 quotes

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