All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- "she’ mad but she’ magic. there’ no lie in her fire. Fire
- Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right." "Sam," I say, "that's not true;… All
- It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and… Appointed
- Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for… Beauty
- There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. Beats
- As we live we all get caught and torn by various traps. Nobody escapes them. Some even live with them. The idea is to realize… All
- he asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump off… Asked
- little sun little moon little dog and a little to eat and a little to love and a little to live for in a little… All
- I broke that town in half like a wooden match. Broke
- I felt I had to win. It seemed very important. I didn't know why it was important and I kept thinking, why do I think… Another Part
- The secret is writing down one simple line after another. Down
- I give you soul. I give you wisdom and light and music and a bit of laughter. Also, I am the world's greatest horseplayer. Bit
- Dear child, I only did to you what the sparrow did to you; I am old when it is fashionable to be young; I cry… Child
- Why did I come here? I thought. Why is it always only a matter of choosing between something bad and something worse? Bad
- To create art means to be crazy alone forever. Alone
- she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind. Any
- why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened? because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by… Any
- I lapsed into my pathetic cut-off period. Often with humans, both good and bad, my senses simply shut off, they get tired, I give up.… Anybody
- and if I have any advice to give to anybody it’s this: take up watercolor painting. Advice
- Pretty words, as pretty women, wrinkle up and die. Die
- And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit in the eye… Ahead
- some men never die and some men never live but we're all alive tonight. Alive
- the impossibility of being human all too human this breathing in and out out and in these punks these cowards these champions these mad dogs… All
- agony sometimes changes form but it never ceases for anybody. Agony
- nobody can save you but yourself. you will be put again and again into nearly impossible situations. they will attempt again and again through subterfuge,… Attempt