Charles Bukowski

You can’t beat death, but you can beat death in life.

Charles Bukowski

I’ve never met another man I’d rather be.

Charles Bukowski

Almost everybody is born a genius and buried an idiot.

Charles Bukowski

An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing.

Charles Bukowski

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.

Charles Bukowski

Bad luck for the young poet would be a rich father, an early marriage, an early success or the ability to do anything well.

Charles Bukowski

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.

Charles Bukowski

Basically, that’s why I wrote: to save my ass, to save my ass from the madhouse, from the streets, from myself.

Charles Bukowski

Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.

Charles Bukowski

Everything you own must be able to fit inside one suitcase; then your mind might be free.

Charles Bukowski