Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowskiwas an American poet, novelist, and short story writer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth16 August 1920
CityAndernach, Germany
CountryUnited States of America
men lucky mets
I never met another man I'd rather be. And even if that's a delusion, it's a lucky one.
drink begin-again wells
Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.
motivational i-hate-you what-matters
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire
war dying happenings
Dying in a a war never stopped wars from happening.
sex women want
What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.
morning color awakening
I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love.
genius idiot buried
Almost everyone is born a genius and buried an idiot.
pain absurd
pain is absurd because it exists, nothing more.
simple men bridges
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.
mean men style
Style means no shield at all. Style means no front at all. Style means ultimate naturalness. Style means one man alone with billions of men about.
fighting simple want
But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.
drinking beer order
That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.
becoming hated
Are you becoming what you've always hated?
fashion art style
Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.