--- title: "17 Laughing Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "17 Laughing quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Laughing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is_847424.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) > [We are here to laugh at the odds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-363595_363595.jpg) > [Love breaks my bones and I laugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/charles-bukowski-73_bones_love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-2027949_2027949.jpg) > [It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-was-like-the-beginning-of-life-and-laughter-it-was-the-real/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/charles-bukowski-73_beginning-of-life_it-was-like-the-beginning-of-life-and-la_2123008.jpg) > [… and we are in bed together laughing and we don’t care about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/and-we-are-in-bed-together-laughing-and-we-don-t-care-about-anything/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/charles-bukowski-73_bed_and-we-are-in-bed-together-laughing-and_94065.jpg) > [That the young rich smell the stink of the poor and learn to find it a bit amusing. They had to laugh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/that-the-young-rich-smell-the-stink-of-the-poor-and-learn-to-find-it/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/charles-bukowski-73_amusing_that-the-young-rich-smell-the-stink-of-t_1148053.jpg) > [Hemingway and Saroyan had the line, the magic of it. The problem was that Hemingway didn't know how to laugh and Saroyan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/hemingway-and-saroyan-had-the-line-the-magic-of-it-the-problem-was/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/140/charles-bukowski-73_filled_hemingway-and-saroyan-had-the-line-the-m_1745167.jpg) > [and I laugh, I can still laugh, who can't laugh when the whole thing is so ridiculous that only the insane, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/and-i-laugh-i-can-still-laugh-who-can-t-laugh-when-the-whole-thing-is/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/charles-bukowski-73_cheater_and-i-laugh-i-can-still-laugh-who-can-t_2440143.jpg) > [Turgenev was a very serious fellow but he could make me laugh because a truth first encountered can be very funny. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/turgenev-was-a-very-serious-fellow-but-he-could-make-me-laugh-because/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f75/charles-bukowski-73_firsts_turgenev-was-a-very-serious-fellow-but-h_205797.jpg) > [my 6 foot goddess makes me laugh the laughter of the mutilated who still need love... she has saved me from everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/my-6-foot-goddess-makes-me-laugh-the-laughter-of-the-mutilated-who/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_my-6-foot-goddess-makes-me-laugh-the-lau_2989670.jpg) > [Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/dear-child-i-only-did-to-you-what-the-sparrow-did-to-you-i-am-old/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/charles-bukowski-73_children_dear-child-i-only-did-to-you-what-the-sp_1008452.jpg) > [I will remember the kisses our lips raw with love and how you gave me everything you had and how I offered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-will-remember-the-kisses-our-lips-raw-with-love-and-how-you-gave-me/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/charles-bukowski-73_arms_i-will-remember-the-kisses-our-lips-raw_1838236.jpg) > [The Laughing Heart your life is your life don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission. be on the watch. there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-laughing-heart-your-life-is-your-life-don-t-let-it-be-clubbed/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcf/charles-bukowski-73_beats_the-laughing-heart-your-life-is-your-lif_2463056.jpg) > [It was sad, it was sad, it was sad. When Betty came back we didn't sing or laugh, or even argue. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-was-sad-it-was-sad-it-was-sad-when-betty-came-back-we-didn-t-sing/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/charles-bukowski-73_arguing_it-was-sad-it-was-sad-it-was-sad-when-be_409889.jpg) > [There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/there-s-nothing-to-stop-a-man-from-writing-unless-that-man-stops/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/charles-bukowski-73_dams_there-s-nothing-to-stop-a-man-from-writi_1699813.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) > [For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/for-those-who-believe-in-god-most-of-the-big-questions-are-answered/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/charles-bukowski-73_accepting_for-those-who-believe-in-god-most-of-the_2729404.jpg) ## Other authors on Laughing ## 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/laughing/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "17 Laughing Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is-no-reason-to-laugh/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is_847424.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is_847424.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_the-crazy-ones-only-laugh-when-there-is_847424.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The crazy ones only laugh when there is no reason to laugh.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are here to laugh at the odds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-363595_363595.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-363595_363595.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/charles-bukowski-73_comedy_we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-363595_363595.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are here to laugh at the odds.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love breaks my bones and I laugh", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/charles-bukowski-73_bones_love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-2027949_2027949.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/charles-bukowski-73_bones_love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-2027949_2027949.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/charles-bukowski-73_bones_love-breaks-my-bones-and-i-laugh-2027949_2027949.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love breaks my bones and I laugh” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was like the beginning of life and laughter. 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