Charles Bukowski Quotes

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

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

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.

Of course it`s possible to love a human being if you don`t know them too well.

Well, people got attatched. Once you cut the umbilical cord they attatched to the other things. Sight, sound, sex, money, mirages, mothers, masturbation, murder, and Monday morning hangovers.

Never get out of bed before noon