1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

That’s the way it ends. The thin edge of the wedge.

Even the stove and the refrigerator looked human, I mean good human – they seemed to have arms and voices and they said, hang around, kid, it’s good here, it can be very good here.

I didn’t have any friends at school, didn’t want any. I felt better being alone. I sat on a bench and watched the others play and they looked foolish to me.

I mean, say that you figure 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?

And yet women-good women – frightened me because they eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine, I wanted to keep.

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

I could read the great books but the great books don’t interest me.

There is something about writing poetry that brings a man close to the cliff’s edge.

Don’t fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.