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
fake bores knows
I was a bore and didn't know when to smile or fake it. Or rather worse, I did but didn't.
tired rebel knows
You just rebel against everything. How are you going to survive? I don't know. I'm already tired.
kind wanted knows
she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.
heart humans knows
The human heart, as of course we all know is essentially good
listening knowing-god knows
we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.
want knows
I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
soul lazy-eyes knows
The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it
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.
young wells
I guess for me Hemingway is a lot like it is for others: he goes down well when we are young.
lucky
In a more universal sense, we only get one thing. You know...a head stone if we're lucky; if not, green grass.