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
hands want left-behind
the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them
kind wanted knows
she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind.
letting-go want way
You've got to know when to let a woman go if you want to keep her,and if you don't want to keep her you let her go anyhow so it's always a process of letting go, one way or the other.
heart want tough
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out but I'm too tough for him, I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you.
drunk want asks
If you want to know where God is, ask a drunk.
heart want chaos
There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out.
race want littles
I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.
want ifs
If you want to create, you'll create...
people want not-interested
I am not a snob; it is simply that I am not interested with what most people have to say, or what they want to do — mostly with my time.
hurt want
I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt
want knows
I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go.
sex women want
What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.
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.
sex want comfort
I no longer want it all, just some comfort and some sex and some minor love.