All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- Look, let me put it this way: with me, you’re number one and there isn’t even a number two. Isn T
- My heart is a thousand years old. I am not like other people. Heart
- as the shadows assume shapes I fight the slow retreat now my once-promise dwindling dwindling now lighting new cigarettes pouring more drinks it has been… Assume
- there's no clarity. there was never meant to be clarity. Clarity
- I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get. Alone
- and love is a word used too much and much too soon. Love
- There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls, but these are the exact women who will turn the… Bodies
- The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist. Female
- Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell. All
- You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. All
- That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience. Experience
- The girls looked good from a distance, the sun shining through their dresses, their hair. But get up close and listen to their minds running… Close
- Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Crazy
- Tough. Tough, indeed. I would say that Mickey Mouse had a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovich, Lenin, and/or… American
- The more crap you believe, the better off you are. Believe
- If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind.… All
- I don't hate people. I just feel better when they aren't around Better
- Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing. Ass
- 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
- Anything is a waste of time unless you are fucking well or creating well or getting well or looming toward a kind of phantom-love-happiness. Creating
- Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being… Ass
- She's mad but she is magic. There's no lie in her Fire. Anger