Charles Bukowski

Fay had a spot of blood on the left side of her mouth and I took a wet cloth and wiped it off. Women were meant to suffer; no wonder they asked for constant declarations of love. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#love

People don't need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn't be. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#success #love

There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#writers #life

As a recluse I couldn't bear traffic. It had nothing to do with jealousy, I simply disliked people, crowds, anywhere, except at my readings. People diminished me, they sucked me dry. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#people #jealousy

some men never die and some men never live but we're all alive tonight. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#life #poetry #death

I wish I were driving a blue 1952 Buick or a dark blue 1942 Buick or a blue 1932 Buick over a cliff of hell and into the sea. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#love

There's a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#hope #inspirational #light #inspirational

people see so many movies that when they finally see one not so bad as the others, they think it's great. an Academy Award means that you don't stink quite as much as your cousin. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#academy-awards #film #movies #theater #theatre

she knew what she wanted and it wasn't / me. / I know more women like that than any / other kind. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#love

if you think they didn't go crazy in tiny rooms just like you're doing now without women without food without hope then you're not ready. ↗

— Charles Bukowski

#food