A list of Charles Bukowski quotes. Here are the best quotes by Charles Bukowski on various subjects. These descriptive professional Charles Bukowski quotations cover his entire literary career. These memorable quotations have become part of the collective conscience of Charles Bukowski's contemporaries and will be remembered for generations.
Born Heinrich Karl Bukowski, the author known to many as Charles Bukowski is one of the most famous writers of his time. He is known for writing gritty stories that portrayed a degree of the realism with regards to how the downtrodden lived. Some of his most famous novels included Post Office and Ham on Rye, which is currently being adapted into a film by James Franco. He's also been cited as an influence of musicians like Tom Waits and U2.
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Give Me Hot Old Women
you boys can keep your virgins
give me hot old women in high heels
with asses that forgot to get old.
Problem With Drinking
That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.
For Those Who Believe in God
For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
Do You Hate People?
Do you hate people?
I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.
Go All The Way
If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.
Sometimes You Climb Out of Bed
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way.
Whole Thing Than Nothing
I wanted the whole world or nothing.
Die A Few Times
You have to die a few times before you can really live.
Sex is Kicking Death
Sex is kicking death in the ass while singing.
Love is A Serious Illness
A love like that was a serious illness, an illness from which you never entirely recover.