--- title: "12 Alcohol Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "12 Alcohol quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Alcohol sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/charles-bukowski-73_advice_what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-dri_2288352.jpg" --- > [“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-drink-fuck-and-smoke-plenty-of-2/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/charles-bukowski-73_advice_what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-dri_2288352.jpg) > [“one doesn't even think of the liver and if the liver doesn't think of us, that's fine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and-if-the-liver-doesn-t-think-of/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and_3223113.jpg) > [Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - alongside of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/alcohol-is-probably-one-of-the-greatest-things-to-arrive-upon-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5a/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_alcohol-is-probably-one-of-the-greatest_1602399.jpg) > [I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-liked-to-drink-i-was-lazy-i/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_i-was-drawn-to-all-the-wrong-things-i-li_411703.jpg) > [I think I need a drink.' 'Almost everybody does only they don't know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-think-i-need-a-drink-almost-everybody-does-only-they-don-t-know-it/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c74/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_i-think-i-need-a-drink-almost-everybody_125127.jpg) > [There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-was-nothing-glorious-about-the-life-of-a-drinker-or-the-life-of/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcd/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_there-was-nothing-glorious-about-the-lif_2875589.jpg) > [“it does seem the more we drink the better the words go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-does-seem-the-more-we-drink-the-better-the-words-go/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/604/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_it-does-seem-the-more-we-drink-the-bette_1589908.jpg) > [Meanwhile the 3 a.m. drunks of the world would lay in their beds, trying in vain to sleep, and deserving that rest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/meanwhile-the-3-a-m-drunks-of-the-world-would-lay-in-their-beds/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_meanwhile-the-3-a-m-drunks-of-the-world_3008799.jpg) > [“I have, he went on, betrayed myself with belief, deluded myself with love tricked myself with sex. the bottle is damned faithful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-have-he-went-on-betrayed-myself-with-belief-deluded-myself-with/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_i-have-he-went-on-betrayed-myself-with-b_543681.jpg) > [Drinking is an emotional thing. It joggles you out of the standardism of everyday life, out of everything being the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/drinking-is-an-emotional-thing-it-joggles-you-out-of-the-standardism-2/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_drinking-is-an-emotional-thing-it-joggle_3128182.jpg) > [“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/frankly-i-was-horrified-by-life-at-what-a-man-had-to-do-simply-in/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_frankly-i-was-horrified-by-life-at-what_2889786.jpg) > [“Like anybody can tell you, I am not a very nice man. I don't know the word. I have always admired the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/like-anybody-can-tell-you-i-am-not-a-very-nice-man-i-don-t-know-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/188/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_like-anybody-can-tell-you-i-am-not-a-ver_1904218.jpg) ## Other authors on Alcohol - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nikhil-saluja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-johnny-depp-52599.jpg) Johnny Depp 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/johnny-depp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elton-john-32880.jpg) Elton John 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/elton-john/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-williams-80466.jpg) Robin Williams 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/robin-williams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-buffett-49948.jpg) Jimmy Buffett 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/jimmy-buffett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/ernest-hemingway/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-s-burroughs-95860.jpg) William S. Burroughs 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/william-s-burroughs/) ## More by Charles Bukowski > [“sometimes when everything seems at its worst when all conspires and gnaws and the hours, days, weeks years seem wasted – stretched there upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/sometimes-when-everything-seems-at-its-worst-when-all-conspires-and/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [well, death says, as he walks by, I'm going to get you anyhow no matter what you've been: writer, cab-driver, pimp, butcher, sky-diver, I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/well-death-says-as-he-walks-by-i-m-going-to-get-you-anyhow-no-matter/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-is-only-one-place-to-write-and-that-is-alone-at-a-typewriter-a/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human - they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/even-the-stove-and-the-refrigerator-looked-human-i-mean-good-human/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“nerves twitching in the sheets -- to face the sunlight again, that's clearly trouble. I like the city better when the neon lights are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/nerves-twitching-in-the-sheets-to-face-the-sunlight-again-that-s/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“Their Love Is Average, Seeks Average But There Is Genius In Their Hatred”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/their-love-is-average-seeks-average-but-there-is-genius-in-their/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I climbed the stairway (there was no elevator) and put the key in. The door swung open. Somebody had changed all the furniture around,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-climbed-the-stairway-there-was-no-elevator-and-put-the-key-in-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“Strangers when you meet, strangers when you part -a gymnasium of bodies namelessly masturbating each other. People with no morals often considered themselves more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/strangers-when-you-meet-strangers-when-you-part-a-gymnasium-of-bodies/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I like to change liquor stores frequently because the clerks got to know your habits if you went in night and day and bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-like-to-change-liquor-stores-frequently-because-the-clerks-got-to/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I was like a turd that drew flies instead of like a flower that butterflies and bees desired. I wanted to live alone,I felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-was-like-a-turd-that-drew-flies-instead-of-like-a-flower-that/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [It's 4:30 in the morning, it's always 4:30 in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-s-4-30-in-the-morning-it-s-always-4-30-in-the-morning/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I had no feeling for the things so many others needed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-had-no-feeling-for-the-things-so-many-others-needed/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“I am sick with caring.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-am-sick-with-caring/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [I went home each night dizzy and sick. He was murdering me with the sound of his voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-went-home-each-night-dizzy-and-sick-he-was-murdering-me-with-the/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) > [“the nights you fight best are when all the weapons are pointed at you, when all the voices hurl their insults while the dream…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-nights-you-fight-best-are-when-all-the-weapons-are-pointed-at-you/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "12 Alcohol Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-drink-fuck-and-smoke-plenty-of-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/charles-bukowski-73_advice_what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-dri_2288352.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/charles-bukowski-73_advice_what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-dri_2288352.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/charles-bukowski-73_advice_what-is-your-advice-to-young-writers-dri_2288352.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“one doesn't even think of the liver and if the liver doesn't think of us, that's fine.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and-if-the-liver-doesn-t-think-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and_3223113.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and_3223113.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/charles-bukowski-73_alcohol_one-doesn-t-even-think-of-the-liver-and_3223113.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“one doesn't even think of the liver and if the liver doesn't think of us, that's fine.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Alcohol is probably one of the greatest things to arrive upon the earth - 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