--- title: "3 Charles Kowalski Quotes" description: "Charles Kowalski has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-charles-kowalski-78336.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Charles Kowalski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-charles-kowalski-78336.jpg) # Charles Kowalski **3** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Charles Kowalski > [“Life is just too short to spend it tearing things down. The question that we all need to ask ourselves is: what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kowalski/life-is-just-too-short-to-spend-it-tearing-things-down-the-question/) Charles Kowalski [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/charles-kowalski-78336_life_life-is-just-too-short-to-spend-it-teari_879034.jpg) > [“The writers I most enjoy reading, even in gritty, down-to-earth genres, have a touch of the poet in them; they can create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kowalski/the-writers-i-most-enjoy-reading-even-in-gritty-down-to-earth-genres/) Charles Kowalski [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c7/charles-kowalski-78336_books_the-writers-i-most-enjoy-reading-even-in_951566.jpg) > [“Forget what they say about “write what you know.” Write what excites your imagination, and the knowledge you need can be acquired.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kowalski/forget-what-they-say-about-write-what-you-know-write-what-excites/) Charles Kowalski [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/358/charles-kowalski-78336_believe-in-yourself_forget-what-they-say-about-write-what-yo_2136656.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kowalski/#itemlist", "name": "Charles Kowalski Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Life is just too short to spend it tearing things down. 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