Charles Bukowski

If you have the ability to love, love yourself first.

Charles Bukowski

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

Charles Bukowski

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

Charles Bukowski

If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.

Charles Bukowski

If you’re going to try, go all the way. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind.

Charles Bukowski

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge at all.

Charles Bukowski

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

Charles Bukowski

There is nothing that teaches you more than regrouping after failure and moving on.

Charles Bukowski

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They’re always wrong.

Charles Bukowski

Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?

Charles Bukowski