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
waiting shadow hell
I tell you such fine music waits in the shadows of hell.
dog love-is hell
Love is a Dog from Hell.
people burning hell
I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.
literature life-is hell
Without literature, life is hell.
hell things-to-do ifs
The wisest thing to do if you’re living in hell is to make yourself comfortable.
men envy hell
Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell.
hell bother
Those who escape hell however never talk about it and nothing much bothers them after that
sometimes hell goodness
Goodness can be found sometimes in the middle of hell.
baby pockets hello
I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready.
friendship prejudice sharing
That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.
drinking wine writing
I write right off the typer. I call it my "machinegun." I hit it hard, usually late at night while drinking wine and listening to classical music on the radio and smoking mangalore ganesh beedies.
writing agony sweat
I seldom know what I'm going to write when I sit down. There isn't much agony and sweat of the human spirit involved in doing it. The writing's easy, it's the living that is sometimes difficult.
mean writing night
A dry period for me means perhaps going two or three nights without writing. I probably have dry periods but I'm not aware of them and I go on writing, only the writing probably isn't much good.
laughing magic lines
Hemingway and Saroyan had the line, the magic of it. The problem was that Hemingway didn't know how to laugh and Saroyan was filled with sugar.