--- title: "18 Crazy Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "18 Crazy quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Crazy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/charles-bukowski-73_art_to-create-art-means-to-be-crazy-alone-fo_831834.jpg" --- > [To create art means to be crazy alone forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/to-create-art-means-to-be-crazy-alone-forever/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/679/charles-bukowski-73_art_to-create-art-means-to-be-crazy-alone-fo_831834.jpg) > [Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you-have-something-better-to/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you_2697726.jpg) > [Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-horrible-lives-they-must-live/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-ho_466195.jpg) > [I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're just as crazy as the rest of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-thought-you-were-sane-i-said-but-you-re-just-as-crazy-as-the-rest/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_i-thought-you-were-sane-i-said-but-you-r_1685712.jpg) > [“Sometimes things are just what they seem to be and that's all there is to it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/sometimes-things-are-just-what-they-seem-to-be-and-that-s-all-there/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b76/charles-bukowski-73_charles-bukowski_sometimes-things-are-just-what-they-seem_1474046.jpg) > [Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-horrible-lives-they-must-lead-2/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c61/charles-bukowski-73_quote_some-people-never-go-crazy-what-truly-ho_974342.jpg) > [The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is-no-reason-to-laugh/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is_847424.jpg) > [I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-m-going-she-said-i-love-you-but-you-re-crazy-you-re-doomed/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71b/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_i-m-going-she-said-i-love-you-but-you-re_1485411.jpg) > [“I paid, got up, walked to the door, opened it. I heard the man say, "that guy's nuts." out on the street…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-paid-got-up-walked-to-the-door-opened-it-i-heard-the-man-say-that/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/charles-bukowski-73_bukowski_i-paid-got-up-walked-to-the-door-opened_1497451.jpg) > [I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, "crazy." But I had this feeling inside of me that something real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-knew-i-was-strong-and-maybe-like-they-said-crazy-but-i-had-this/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_i-knew-i-was-strong-and-maybe-like-they_2392028.jpg) > [if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/if-you-think-they-didn-t-go-crazy-in-tiny-rooms-just-like-you-re/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83a/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_if-you-think-they-didn-t-go-crazy-in-tin_1373879.jpg) > [That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/that-was-the-trouble-with-being-a-writer-that-was-the-main-trouble/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_that-was-the-trouble-with-being-a-writer_3060900.jpg) > [Oh, I don’t mean you’re handsome, not the way people think of handsome. Your face seems kind. But your eyes - they’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/oh-i-don-t-mean-you-re-handsome-not-the-way-people-think-of-handsome/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/charles-bukowski-73_animal_oh-i-don-t-mean-you-re-handsome-not-the_2835256.jpg) > [And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/and-if-there-is-anybody-out-there-who-is-crazy-enough-to-want-to/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/701/charles-bukowski-73_century_and-if-there-is-anybody-out-there-who-is_967823.jpg) > [My objection to war was not that I had to kill somebody or be killed senselessly, that hardly mattered. What I objected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/my-objection-to-war-was-not-that-i-had-to-kill-somebody-or-be-killed/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/charles-bukowski-73_cheap-wine_my-objection-to-war-was-not-that-i-had-t_2649841.jpg) > [After dinner or lunch or whatever it was -- with my crazy 12-hour night I was no longer sure what was what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/after-dinner-or-lunch-or-whatever-it-was-with-my-crazy-12-hour-night/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/charles-bukowski-73_animal_after-dinner-or-lunch-or-whatever-it-was_2517521.jpg) > [Are people crazy? People waited all their lives. They waited to live, they waited to die. They waited in line to buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/are-people-crazy-people-waited-all-their-lives-they-waited-to-live/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/charles-bukowski-73_bunch_are-people-crazy-people-waited-all-their_676978.jpg) > [there was something about that city, though it didn't let me feel guilty that I had no feeling for the things so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-was-something-about-that-city-though-it-didn-t-let-me-feel/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/charles-bukowski-73_bed_there-was-something-about-that-city-thou_249503.jpg) ## Other authors on Crazy ## 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/crazy/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "18 Crazy Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To create art means to be crazy alone forever.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, 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