The free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them. Charles Bukowski basicallyfeelfree Change image and share on social
I don't write so much now. I'm getting on 33, pot belly and creeping dementia. Charles Bukowski bellycreepdementia Change image and share on social
The thing that I fear discriminating against is humor and truth. Charles Bukowski discriminatefearhumor Change image and share on social
Sometimes I've called writing a disease. If so, I'm glad that it caught me. Charles Bukowski callcatchdisease Change image and share on social
To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself. Charles Bukowski accomplishmentlifewaste Change image and share on social
Early on, when I was quite young and going from job to job, I was foolish enough to sometimes speak to my fellow workers: 'Hey, the boss can come in here at any moment and lay all of us off, just like that, don't you realize that?' They would just look at me. I was posing something that they didn't want to enter their minds. Charles Bukowski bosearlyenter share on social
Most poets are young simply because they have not been caught up. Show me an old poet, and I'll show you, more often than not, either a madman or a master... it's when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order simply to make a poem that you fail. That is why I do not rework poems. Charles Bukowski begincatchfail share on social
It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well. Charles Bukowski humanlove Change image and share on social
Never envy a man his lady. Behind it all lays a living hell. Charles Bukowski envyhelllady Change image and share on social
Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation. Charles Bukowski aheadforcegenerally Change image and share on social