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
insanity norm relative
Insanity is relative. Who sets the norm?
baby evil people
The problem was you had to keep choosing between one evil or another, and no matter what you chose, they sliced a little more off you, until there was nothing left. At the age of 25 most people were finished. A whole goddamned nation of assholes driving automobiles, eating, having babies, doing everything in the worst way possible, like voting for the presidential candidate who reminded them most of themselves.
girl dream nightmare
I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.
morning faces bed
The courage it took to get out of bed each morning to face the same things over and over was enormous.
being-yourself world remember-who-you-are
Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?
ordinary-world soul dimensions
Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.
heaven crowds doe
The masses are always wrong...Wisdom is doing everything the crowd does not do. All you do is reverse the totality of their learning and you have the heaven they're looking for.
morning funny-life positivity
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.
art bloated kick sensation stop time trying
There is a time to stop reading, there is a time to STOP trying to WRITE, there is a time to kick the whole bloated sensation of ART out on its whore-ass.
bodies exact expect front women
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 knife into you right in front of the crowd. Of course, I expect this, but the knife still cuts.
female loves man
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.
faith stupid humor
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
faith stupid humor
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
life truth kind
Life's as kind as you let it be.