Charles Bukowski

My body gnaws at me from one side and my spirit gnaws at me from the other.

Charles Bukowski

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.

Charles Bukowski

Not everybody thought they could be a dentist or an automobile mechanic but everybody knew they could be a writer.

Charles Bukowski

Of course it’s possible to love a human being if you don’t know them too well.

Charles Bukowski

Poetry is what happens when nothing else can.

Charles Bukowski

Slavery was never abolished, it was only extended to include all the colors.

Charles Bukowski

Some people like what you do, some people hate what you do, but most people simply don’t give a damn.

Charles Bukowski

The best thing about the bedroom was the bed. I liked to stay in bed for hours, even during the day with covers pulled up to my chin. It was good in there, nothing ever occurred in there, no people, nothing.

Charles Bukowski

The difference between a brave man and a coward is a coward thinks twice before jumping in the cage with a lion. The brave man doesn’t know what a lion is. He just thinks he does.

Charles Bukowski

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

Charles Bukowski