Charles Bukowski Quotes - Page 2
An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way
Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne (2013). “More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns”, p.240, City Lights Books
Beware of those who seek constant crowds; they are nothing alone.
Charles Bukowski (2012). “The Pleasures of the Damned: Selected Poems 1951-1993”, p.149, Canongate Books
Charles Bukowski, “Let It Enfold You”
We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.
"The Meaning of Life: The Big Picture". Life Magazine, December 1988.
Charles Bukowski (2003). “Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993”
"Ham On Rye". Book by Charles Bukowski, 1982.
Charles Bukowski (2009). “The Captain is Out to Lunch”, p.10, Harper Collins
The crowd is the gathering place of the weakest; true creation is a solitary act.
Charles Bukowski (2003). “Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews and Encounters, 1963-1993”
"Notes of a Dirty Old Man".
I am not like other people. I am burning in hell. The hell of myself.
Charles Bukowski (2011). “New Poems Book Two”, p.117, Random House
1967 Tales of Ordinary Madness,'Too Sensitive'.
Charles Bukowski (2009). “Hollywood”, p.41, Canongate Books
Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.
Charles Bukowski (2013). “Notes of a Dirty Old Man”, p.29, City Lights Books