All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it Burning
- When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My… Ability
- My objection to war was not that I had to kill somebody or be killed senselessly, that hardly mattered. What I objected to was to… Cheap
- In the morning it was morning and I was still alive. Alive
- They have no idea that it can be done by a bus driver, a field hand, or a fry cook. They have no idea where… Awful
- Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all… All
- lay down. lay down like an animal and wait. Animal
- the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near… Feel
- There are only two things wrong with money: too much or too little. Inspirational
- If you're going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. All
- And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair… All
- I felt like crying but nothing came out. it was just a sort of sad sickness, sick sad, when you can't feel any worse. I… Any
- I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was… Accepted
- Some people have written that my writing has helped them go on. It has helped me too. The writing, the roses, the 9 cats. Cat
- There's a small balcony here, the door is open and I can see the lights of the cars on the Harbor Freeway south, they never… All
- But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something… Always Something
- I feel strangely normal. Feel
- Most people are not ready for death, theirs or anybody elses. Anybody
- There's nothing to mourn about death any more than there is to mourn about the growing of a flower. What is terrible is not death… Any
- I can never drive my car over a bridge without thinking of suicide. I can never look at a lake or an ocean without thinking… Bridge
- ..few writers like other writers' works. The only time they like them is when they are dead or if they have been for a long… All
- Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself. Capitalism
- There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on. Yet most people are stricken with fear. They fear failure so… Begins
- It was better for me when I could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn't always there. Better
- I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare. Dream