--- title: "14 Mad Quotes By Charles Bukowski" description: "14 Mad quotes by Charles Bukowski. Plus more from Charles Bukowski and more Mad sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/charles-bukowski-73_fire_she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-he_1805641.jpg" --- > ["she’ mad but she’ magic. there’ no lie in her fire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-her-fire/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/charles-bukowski-73_fire_she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-he_1805641.jpg) > [she’s mad, but she’s magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/charles-bukowski-73_mad_she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic-197936_197936.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) > [It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-still-exist-upon-scraps-of-life/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/charles-bukowski-73_life_it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-st_1234930.jpg) > [Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they all made the money. Writers? Writers starved. Writers suicided. Writers went mad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/lawyers-doctors-plumbers-they-all-made-the-money-writers-writers/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/charles-bukowski-73_doctors_lawyers-doctors-plumbers-they-all-made-t_2033012.jpg) > [I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/i-had-noticed-that-both-in-the-very-poor-and-very-rich-extremes-of/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/charles-bukowski-73_extremes_i-had-noticed-that-both-in-the-very-poor_2880664.jpg) > [the impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-impossibility-of-being-human-all-too-human-this-breathing-in-and/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3b/charles-bukowski-73_being-human_the-impossibility-of-being-human-all-too_834348.jpg) > [We waste days like mad blackbirds and pray for alcoholic nightsour silk-sick human smiles wrap around us like somebody else's confetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/we-waste-days-like-mad-blackbirds-and-pray-for-alcoholic-nightsour/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/charles-bukowski-73_alcoholics_we-waste-days-like-mad-blackbirds-and-pr_3064541.jpg) > [Where did all the women come from? The supply was endless. Each one of them was individual, different. Their pussies were different,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/where-did-all-the-women-come-from-the-supply-was-endless-each-one-of/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/charles-bukowski-73_breasts_where-did-all-the-women-come-from-the-su_1744505.jpg) > [Most of the world was mad. And the part that wasn't mad was angry. And the part that wasn't mad or angry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/most-of-the-world-was-mad-and-the-part-that-wasn-t-mad-was-angry-and/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99e/charles-bukowski-73_angry_most-of-the-world-was-mad-and-the-part-t_340115.jpg) > [This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/this-is-very-important-to-take-leisure-time-pace-is-the-essence/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/100/charles-bukowski-73_angry_this-is-very-important-to-take-leisure-t_628019.jpg) > [The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/the-nine-to-five-is-one-of-the-greatest-atrocities-sprung-upon/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/charles-bukowski-73_alternatives_the-nine-to-five-is-one-of-the-greatest_324257.jpg) > [We are Born like this Into this Into these carefully mad wars Into the sight of broken factory windows of emptiness Into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/we-are-born-like-this-into-this-into-these-carefully-mad-wars-into/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/charles-bukowski-73_bars_we-are-born-like-this-into-this-into-the_1655128.jpg) > [“Beasts bounding through time. Van Gogh writing his brother for paints Hemingway testing his shotgun Celine going broke as a doctor of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/beasts-bounding-through-time-van-gogh-writing-his-brother-for-paints/) [Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-bukowski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/charles-bukowski-73_animals_beasts-bounding-through-time-van-gogh-wr_1370313.jpg) ## Other authors on Mad ## 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/mad/charles-bukowski/#itemlist", "name": "14 Mad Quotes By Charles Bukowski", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "\"she’ mad but she’ magic. there’ no lie in her fire.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-her-fire/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/charles-bukowski-73_fire_she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-he_1805641.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/charles-bukowski-73_fire_she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-he_1805641.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/charles-bukowski-73_fire_she-mad-but-she-magic-there-no-lie-in-he_1805641.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“\"she’ mad but she’ magic. there’ no lie in her fire.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "she’s mad, but she’s magic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/charles-bukowski-73_mad_she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic-197936_197936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/charles-bukowski-73_mad_she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic-197936_197936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/charles-bukowski-73_mad_she-s-mad-but-she-s-magic-197936_197936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“she’s mad, but she’s magic.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you-have-something-better-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you_2697726.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you_2697726.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25e/charles-bukowski-73_crazy_before-you-kill-something-make-sure-you_2697726.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Before you kill something make sure you have something better to replace it with...” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles Bukowski" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-bukowski/it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-still-exist-upon-scraps-of-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/charles-bukowski-73_life_it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-st_1234930.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/charles-bukowski-73_life_it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-st_1234930.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/charles-bukowski-73_life_it-is-possible-to-be-truly-mad-and-to-st_1234930.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is possible to be truly mad and to still exist upon scraps of life.” — Charles Bukowski", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lawyers, doctors, plumbers, they all made the money. 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