Quotes from Charles Bukowski, Factotum

That was all a man needed: hope. It was lack of hope that discouraged a man.

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

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

I´ve given you my time. Its all I´ve got to give - its all any man has. And for a pitiful buck and a quarter an hour.