Quotes by Bukowski (2 Viewers)

[Corndog]

"There are worse things than being alone"

The very bestest!
:):):):):)

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. -BUK
I meant this?

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. -BUK
I meant this?
:D:D:D:D:D

 

[the only good poet]

talking about work, the 9-to-5, he called it, It's the sickest of all sick things. (and with a slight lisp - like a sssnake. wonderful.)

 

[kristarchy]

mmmmm...PB&J

sex is like a peanut butter sandwich

 

[David]

"All right, Mr. Chinaski. What word do you have for the Italian people?"
"Don't shout so much. And read Celine."
Hollywood

"No. Yes. No. No. I like Thomas Carlyle, Madame Butterfly and orange juice with the skins crushed in. I like red radios, car washes and crushed cigarette packages and Carson McCullers. No. NO! No. Yes, of course."
Shakespeare Never Did This

 

[Father Luke]

 

[harrystuped]

Women are exploiters of men, dream killers and everything else.

to the best of my luck, this might be true

 

[taperjeangirl]

If you hated her right off, it was better to fuck her right off; if you didn't, it was better to wait, then fuck her and hate her later on

- from "women: a novel"

 

[james]

damn! taperjeangirl is on point within 5 posts...

 

[antelope1202]

"For all I have written, I seem to remain a monk fornicating a goose in a coal mine."- Letter responding to a suggestion of a complete bibliography in Screams From The Balcony

 

[taperjeangirl]

damn! taperjeangirl is on point within 5 posts...

I don't know what that means. Good thing or a bad thing?

 

[james]

oh, i was drunk forum-lurking that night. but it was meant to be a good thing...:)

 

[taperjeangirl]

Ahh, okay :]

 

[Pessimist]

On becoming a writer:

It's a shot in the dark.
You take it, or you become a normal, civilized person from 8 to 5.
Get married. Have children. Christmas together.
Here comes Grandma...
"Hi Grandma, come on in. How are you?"
Shit, I couldn't take that.
I'd rather murder myself.

 

[ESO9]

I think this one fits our current times:

"A recession is when your friends are out of jobs, a depression is when you're out of one."

- Living on Luck [Feb 19, 1975]

 

[james]

"style is a good tool to tell what you have to say but when you no longer have anything to say, style is a limp cock before the wondrous cunt of the universe." ---screams from the balcony

 

[Bukfan]

"I have compassion for almost all the individuals of the world; at the same time, they repulse me."

"People, mostly, I can do without. They don't fill me, they empty me. I respect no man. I have a problem that way...I'm lying but believe me, it's true."

 

[Bajweb]

One of my favorite Bukowski lines is: “You have to die a few times before you can really live.”
I like it because it captures how real growth usually comes from losing parts of yourself—old identities, habits, illusions, even relationships that no longer fit. Those “small deaths” can be painful, but they clear space for something more honest. To me, it’s a reminder that starting over isn’t failure - it’s often the price of becoming real.

 

[unclefett]

“My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”