All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- If it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don’t do it. Bursting
- I don't think I'll travel anymore. Travel is nothing but an inconvenience. There is always enough trouble where you are. Always Enough
- People need me. I fill them. If they can't see me for a while they get desperate, they get sick. But if I see them… Desperate
- my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world. All
- Any asshole can chase a skirt, art takes discipline. Any
- Do you hate people? I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around. Better
- there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at… Absurdity
- the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of Forever Bridge
- Food is good for the nerves and the spirit. Courage comes from the belly – all else is desperation. All
- I wanted the whole world or nothing. Inspirational
- …He was always high on drugs. I was not a drug man, but in case I wanted to hide from myself for a few days,… Always High
- There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going… Anybody
- That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if… Alcohol
- Never trust a man in a jumpsuit Jumpsuit
- For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula,… Accept
- My ambition is handicapped by laziness Ambition
- they say that nothing is wasted: either that or it al is Al
- The trouble with a mask is it never changes Changes
- This is very important -- to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're… All
- I held her wrists and then I got it through the eyes: hatred, centuries deep and true. I was wrong and graceless and sick. all… All