Quotes from Charles Bukowski

Eating seemed very important.

ama genellikle, o en yoÄŸun ve tutkulu anlarda, bir kez daha sinema salonunda etraf?ndaki çiftler kumrular gibi f?s?lda??rken elindeki patlam?? m?s?r torbas?yla bir ba??na oturan yaln?z adam olmay? arzulard?m.

things begin to lose their natural value as they near human endeavor. nothing against Beethoven: he did fine for what he was but I wouldn't want him on my rug with one leg over his head while he was licking his balls.

Give a man four walls long enough and it is possible for him to own the world.

Ele [Henry} é tão quietinho... - As águas paradas são as que têm maior profundidade

to be writing poetry at the age of 50 like a schoolboy, surely, I must be crazy;

Why did the Master Race movement draw nothing but mental and physical cripples?

It was best to stay away from other writers and just do your work…

No era mi día. Ni mi semana, ni mi mes, ni mi año. Ni mi vida. ¡Maldita sea!

we only pretend to live while we wait on something

Temen tanto al fracaso que fracasan

dog is much admired by Man because he believes in the hand which feeds him. a perfect setup, for 13 cents a day you've got a hired killer who thinks you are God. a dog can't tell a Nazi from a Republican from a Commie from a Democrat, and many times, neither can I.

bulls strut in pinwheel glory, rockets stun the sky, but I don't know quite what to make of the dead flowers of myself, whether to dump them out of the bowl or press them between these blank pages and go on; well, all grief comes down to hard death and weeping finally ends. thank the god who made it.

If you managed to fool a man, it doesn't mean he's a fool, it means you were trusted more than you deserve.

Often the best parts of life were when you weren't doing anything at all, just mulling it over, chewing on it. I mean, say that you figure out that everything is senseless, then it can't be quite senseless because you are aware that it's senseless and your awareness of senselessness almost gives it sense. You know what I mean? An optimistic pessimism.

I remember all the faces and the football heroes, and everything has meaning, and an editor writes me, you are good but you are too emotional

ama yine de biliyordum (iki paral?k deliliÄŸime raÄŸmen) ortal?kta muhteÅŸem olarak nitelendirilen çok kötü bir edebiyat?n dolaÅŸt???n?, o Philly çat?s?n?n alt?nda yapabileceÄŸimden çok da iyi olmayan bir edebiyat.

Ese es el problema con la bebida, pensé, mientras me servía un trago. Si ocurre algo malo, bebes para olvidarlo; si ocurre algo bueno, bebes para celebrarlo; y si no pasa nada, bebes para que pase algo.

It's hatred, the only thing that lasts.

Attenti a quelli che cercano continuamente la folla, da soli non sono nessuno.

soru i?aretleri cesaret k?r?c?d?r bazen.

When you've considered everything, you've considered too much.

remembered how my father used to come home each night and talk about his job to my mother. The job talk began when he entered the door, continued over the dinner table, and ended in the bedroom where my father would scream "Lights Out!" at 8 p.m., so he could get his rest and his full strength for the job the next day. There was no other subject except the job.

ÅŸafak sökmek üzere telefon kablosuna tünemiÅŸ kuÅŸlar bekliyorlar sessiz bir Pazar sabah?n?n alt?s?nda ben dünün unutulmuÅŸ sandviçini yerken. bir ayakkab? köÅŸede dik duruyor, diÄŸeri yan yatm??. evet, baz? hayatlar harcanmak için yarat?lm??.