Love came hard and very seldom. When it did it was usually for the wrong reasons. Charles Bukowski More Quotes by Charles Bukowski More Quotes From Charles Bukowski Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist. There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd. Charles Bukowski knivessoulwaiting some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about. Charles Bukowski nicemomentswriting and love is a word used too much and much too soon. Charles Bukowski usedtoo-muchlove I would say that Mickey Mouse has a greater influence on the American public than Shakespeare, Milton, Dante, Rabelais, Shostakovitch, Lenin, and/or Van Gogh. Which says 'What?' about the American Public. Disneyland remains the central attraction of Southern California, but the graveyard remains our reality. Charles Bukowski californiasouthernreality It was a joy! Words weren't dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you. Charles Bukowski painreadingbook our bones like stems into the sky will forever cry victory Charles Bukowski victoryforeversky I pretend to understand because I don't want anybody to be hurt Charles Bukowski hurtwant He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge. Charles Bukowski simplebridgesmen It’s when you hide things that you choke on them. Charles Bukowski choke Existence was not only absurd, it was plain hard work. Think of how many times you put on your underwear in a lifetime. It was appalling, it was disgusting, it was stupid. Charles Bukowski hard-workstupidthinking I don’t understand people, never will. It looks like I got to travel pretty much alone. Charles Bukowski peoplelooks I never write in the daytime. It's like running through the shopping mall with your clothes off. Everybody can see you. At night ... that's when you pull the tricks ... magic. Charles Bukowski writingrunningnight Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem. Charles Bukowski writingpeoplethinking It’s never quite right, all the things we are taught, all the loves we chase, all the deaths we die, all the lives we live. Charles Bukowski taughtdies When a hot woman meets a hermit one of them is going to change. Charles Bukowski hermitshot Only the boring get bored Charles Bukowski boredboring Life's as kind as you let it be. Charles Bukowski kindtruthlife if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it comes unasked out of your heart and your mind and your mouth and your gut, don't do it. Charles Bukowski mouthsmindheart writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers. Charles Bukowski desperatewritingpeople Sometimes you just have to pee in the sink. Charles Bukowski sometimes
