CHARLES BUKOWSKI QUOTES III

American poet & novelist (1920-1994)

I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Factotum


There's nothing like privacy. You know, I like people. It's nice that they might like my books and all that...but I'm not the book, see? I'm the guy who wrote it, but I don't want them to come up and throw roses on me or anything. I want them to let me breathe.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Interview Magazine, September 1987


What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Ham on Rye


I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Ham on Rye


Find what you love and let it kill you.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

attributed, Greatest Motivational and Inspirational Quotes on Life, Love and Happiness


News travels fast in places where nothing much ever happens.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Ham on Rye


I had noticed that both in the very poor and very rich extremes of society the mad were often allowed to mingle freely.

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

Ham on Rye

Tags: madness


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

CHARLES BUKOWSKI

attributed, Bukowski Unleashed!: Essays on a Dirty Old Man