If I’m an ass, I should say so. If I don’t, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.
Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 - March 9, 1994)
"I’m still alive
and have the ability to expel
wastes from my body.
and poems.
and as long as that’s happening
I have the ability to handle
betrayal
loneliness
hangnail
clap
and the economic reports in the
financial section."
and have the ability to expel
wastes from my body.
and poems.
and as long as that’s happening
I have the ability to handle
betrayal
loneliness
hangnail
clap
and the economic reports in the
financial section."
— Charles Bukowski
"Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone"
— Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)
And yet another picture of him with a cat
There is only one final judge of writing and that is the writer.
When he is swayed by the critics,
the editors, the publishers, the readers, then he’s finished.
And, of course, when he’s swayed with his fame and his fortune, you
can float him down the river with the turds.
Charles Bukowski
"each man’s hell is in a different
place: mine is just up and
behind
my ruined
face."
place: mine is just up and
behind
my ruined
face."
— bukowski (via likedominoes)
(Source: goodreads.com, via henrycharlesbukowski)
"Trying to be good to others, I often get my soul shredded in a kind of spiritual pasta."
— Hollywood, Charles Bukowski (via henrycharlesbukowski)
