All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- I am not a snob; it is simply that I am not interested with what most people have to say, or what they want to… Interested
- Yes?’ he asked, looking at me over the sheet. ‘I’m a writer temporarily down on my inspirations.’ ‘Oh, a writer, eh?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’… Asked
- Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know. Dull
- All a guy needed was a chance. Somebody was alway controlling who got a chance and who didn't. All
- It’s hard to drink when you dance. And it’s hard to dance when you drink. Dance
- Let' em learn or let' em die Die
- I had no Freedom. I had nothing. Freedom
- well, i don't know about you but I'm going to try everything! War, women, travel, marriage, children, the works. [...]. I want to know about… Children
- It didn't pay to trust another human being. Humans didn't have it, whatever it took. Another Human
- I had decided against religion a couple of years back. If it were true, it made fools out of people, or it drew fools. And… All
- i dunno," i said, "but i have an idea that people who don't think too much tend to look younger longer Dunno
- It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any. Allowed
- I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't. Bore
- You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired. Already Tired
- i never understood society. i undersand that it works somehow and that it functions as a reality and that its realities are necessary to keep… All
- i do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves… Basic
- What good are you? What can you do? It has cost me a thousands of dollars to raise you, feed you, clothe you! Suppose I… Butterflies
- They were beautiful nothings Beautiful
- there must be a way. surely there must be a way that we have not yet thought of. who put this brain inside of me?… Brain
- Let it die. Let there be a new beginning. It’s awful. Goodnight. Awful
- I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time. Flower
- I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it. Airplane
- That was the trouble with being a writer, that was the main trouble—leisure time, excessive leisure time. You had to wait around for the buildup… Buildup
- the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all. All
- Long ago, among other lies they were taught that silence was bravery. Ago