Quotes from Charles Bukowski

It wasn't so much that I was TRYING to be a writer, it was more like doing something that felt good to do.

if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job

Poetry says too much in too short a time; prose says too little and takes too long.

Todos vamos a morir, todos nosotros. ¡Que Circo! Debería bastar con eso para amarnos los unos a los otros, pero no es así. Nos aterrorizan y aplastan las trivialidades de la vida; nos devora la nada.

eu só quero que o Sol me queime mais e mais de tal modo que ele suba ao céu às seis da manhã e permaneça por lá até depois da meia-noite

Ä°NTÄ°HAR. Aniden yanan bir ???k gibi. Karanl?kta. Ç?k?? yolu olduÄŸunu bilmek içerde kalmay? kolaylaÅŸt?r?r.

He had been an army officer in Germany and had come to America when he heard that the streets were paved with gold. They weren't, so he became the head of a construction firm.

It took a lot to excite me. I didn't care. I didn't like New York. I didn't like Hollywood. I didn't like rock music. I didn't like anything. Maybe I was afraid. That was it— I was afraid. I wanted to sit alone in a room with the shades down. I feasted upon that. I was a crank I was a lunatic.

I najdivnija tišina nikada ranije ?uta izrodi?e se odatle, Sunce još uvek skriveno tamo negde ?eka?e na slede?e poglavlje.

no hay gente feliz? —hay mucha gente que finge ser feliz. —¿por qué? —porque están avergonzados y asustados y no tienen el valor de admitirlo. —¿tú estás asustado? —yo sólo tengo el valor de admitirlo contigo... estoy tan asustado y tengo tanto miedo, mamá, que podría morirme en este mismo instante.

Tanr?m, tanr?m, çok tuhaf bir dünyada ya??yoruz, dedi. her ÅŸeyimiz var ama hiçbir ÅŸeyimiz yok.

ama yüklediÄŸin donmuÅŸ bal?k, o düÅŸünce, güzel ve rahatlat?c?d?r, ve yine gidecek kancay? tahtaya saplay?p o kasalar? yine çekeceksindir. hava karar?r farlar?n? yakard?n ve dünya yeterince iyiydi o anda.

If we can laugh, fine. And if we've got to cry, we've got to cry.

The strength of the two cultures was very different too: Japanese women instinctively understood yesterday and today and tomorrow. Call it wisdom. And they had staying power. American women only knew today and tended to come to pieces when just one day went wrong.

Courage comes from the belly - all else is desperation

Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn't have you by the throat.

I knew I was strong, and maybe like they said, crazy. But I had this feeling inside of me that something real was there.

Fiquei para ali a tentar descobrir que teria eu feito. apetecia-me chorar mas não saiu nada, era apenas uma espécie de náusea triste, uma tristeza brutal, quando é impossível sentirmo-nos pior. julgo que já vos terá acontecido. julgo que já terá acontecido a toda a gente uma ou outra vez. mas julgo que tem acontecido com muita frequência, demasiada frequência.

I was going to get the beatings anyhow so I might as well have the fun.

Mulloch sefil yaÅŸant?ya bay?l?rd?, yoksulluÄŸa da bay?l?yordu bence. YoksulluÄŸun insan? erdemli k?ld???na inan?yordu. Mektuplar? böyle bir izlenim b?rakm??t? bende. Zenginlerin inanmam?z? istedikleri ÅŸey bu tabii ki, ama bu baÅŸka bir konu.

But we are all finally tricked and slapped to death.

He'd ended up with the best piece of ass in town.

Love breaks my bone ans I

Love breaks my bone ans I Laugh.