Being the best Quote by Charles Bukowski

I hope to go into a poem sober and come out a little drunk. And if I do then that's a real poem.

— Dannie Abse

I never, ever drink while writing. Never have from the start, and I'm happy that I never have to. A lot of my stuff…

— Martin McDonagh

Writers often have a 'drunk' that is different than anyone else's. That's why it's so insidious and so damning. First of all, because they…

— Debra Winger

I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from…

— John Shirley

I don't even think any stimulants really help writing. You talk to most guys and they say, "Hey. I wrote this." And they're out…

— Gavin Friday

I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.

— Barry Mann

Not everyone who drinks is a poet. Some of us drink because we're not poets.

— Dudley Moore

As far as poetry, I don't know if I've ever written any. I've read a lot. I just write and it comes out in…

— Henry Rollins

If a man can only write well when drunk, I'll tell him: get drunk. And if he tells me that his liver suffers with…

— Fernando Pessoa

a poem is like a wine glass in which you can hold up a little bit of reality and taste it.

— Gwen Harwood

I've written poetry most of my life.

— Julia Michaels

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.

— Neil Young