All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- it was like any other relationship, there was jealousy on both sides, there were split-ups and reconciliations. there were also fragmented moments of great peace… Any
- one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid Acid
- Banion wondered which was worse - being sodomized by aliens, or having to sit through two hours of Charles Ives. Aliens
- I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely. Allowed
- I made practice runs down to skid row to get ready for my future. Down
- you've got to burn straight up and down and then maybe sidewise for a while and have your guts scrambled by a bully and the… Along
- don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors. All
- He had long nostril hairs, powerfully intimidating, like an unscheduled nightmare. Hair
- If you are going to try, go all the way or don't even start. If you follow it you will be alive with the gods.… Alive
- I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one. Another Man
- When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds. Down
- ...maybe a damned good night's sleep will bring me back to a gentle sanity. But at the moment, I look about this room and, like… All
- my youth, one time, that time I knew even through the nothingness, it was a celebration of something not to do but only know. Celebration
- I didn't have any friends at school, didn't want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play… Alone
- I wasn't a misanthrope and I wasn't a misogynist but I liked being alone. It felt good to sit alone in a small space and… Alone
- i was born to hustle roses down the avenue of the dead. Avenue
- We are like roses that have never bothered to bloom when we should have bloomed and it is as if the sun has become disgusted… Become Disgusted
- I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me.… Another Man
- That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man. All
- I remembered my New Orleans days, living on two five-cent candy bars a day for weeks at a time in order to have leisure to… Art
- Baby," I said, "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me. Baby
- The apartment was built at the edge of a high cliff so that when you looked out the back window it seemed as if you… Apartment
- For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter. Arc
- There were always men looking for jobs in America. There were always all these usable bodies. And I wanted to be a writer. Almost everybody… All
- She was desperate and she was choosey at the same time and, in a way, beautiful, but she didn't have quite enough going for her… Beautiful