All Charles Bukowski Quotes
- You can forgive a fool because he only runs in one direction and doesn't deceive anybody. It's the deceivers who make you feel bad. Anybody
- With me, my main vision for life was to avoid as many people as possible. The less people I saw the better I felt. Avoid
- Everything was a trap: women, drugs, whiskey, wine, scotch, beer - even beer - cigars, and cigarettes. Traps: Work or no work. Traps: Artistry or… Artistry
- There would never be a way for me to live comfortably with people. Maybe I'd become a monk. I'd pretend to believe in God and… Believe
- The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so… Alternative
- I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine! Been
- Bad luck for the young poet would be a rich father, an early marriage, an early success or the ability to do anything well. Ability
- An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing. Bad
- The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable. Comfortable
- Success is always dangerous. It can make an asshole out of anybody. Always Dangerous
- People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to… All
- If you want to know where God is, ask a drunk. Ask
- We are hardly ever as strong as that which we create. Create
- Basically, that's why I wrote: to save my ass, to save my ass from the madhouse, from the streets, from myself. Ass
- I'll get back to the whores and the horses and the booze, while there's time. Booze
- I would give anything for a female's hand on me tonight. they soften a man and then leave him listening to the rain. Female
- Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong. Always Wrong
- Drink from the well of yourself and begin again. Begin
- To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself. Accomplishment
- The empty, the angry, the lonely, the tricked, we are all museums of fear. All
- The more cats you have, the longer you live. If you have a hundred cats, you'll live ten times longer than if you have ten.… Cat
- In New York you've got to have all the luck. All
- The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous. Bed
- Most people's deaths are a sham. There's nothing left to die. Deaths
- Sundays kill more people than bombs. Bombs