1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

Was I the only person who was distracted by this future without a chance?

The role of the poet is almost nothing...drearily nothing. And when he steps outside of his boots and tries to get tough as our dear Ezra [Pound] did, he will get his pink little ass slapped.

Never trust a man in a jumpsuit

I am ashamed to be a member of the human race but I don't want to add any more to that shame, I want to scrape a little of it off.

Courts are places where the ending is written first and all that precedes is simply vaudeville.

the people are the biggest horror show on earth, have been for centuries.

Figuring the average poet starts at 16, I am 23.

Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.

it is all ash and dry leaves and grief gone like an ocean liner.