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
crazy rain sleep
Are people crazy? People waited all their lives. They waited to live, they waited to die. They waited in line to buy toilet paper. They waited in line for money. And if they didn't have any money they waited in longer lines. You waited to go to sleep and then you waited to awaken. You waited to get married and you waited to get divorced. You waited for it to rain, you waited for it to stop. You waited to eat and then you waited to eat again. You waited in a shrink's office with a bunch of psychos and you wondered if you were one.
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?
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.
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.
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.