1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

I always started a job with the feeling that I'd soon quit or be fired, and this gave ma a relaxex manner that was mistaken for intelligence or some secret power.

Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real, and I can't vent any anger against them. I only feel this appalling sadness. Somewhere, in their upbringing, they were shielded against the total facts of our existence. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist.

It's like a movie, I thought, like a fucking movie. It seemed funny to me. It felt as if we were on camera. I liked it. It was better than the racetrack, it was better than the boxing matches. We kept drinking.

of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse

I was fairly poorbut most of my money wentfor wine andclassical music.I loved to mix the twotogether.

Cass estaba siempre muy alegre o muy deprimida. Para ella no había termino medio. Algunos decían que estaba loca. Lo decían los tontos. Los tontos no podían entender a Cass

why don't we go back out there and tell them what happened?because nothing happened except that everybody has been driven insane and stupid by life. in this society there are only two things that count: don't be caught without money and don't get caught high on any kind of high.(Night Streets of Madness)

Don't you go to the movies?""Mostly just to eat popcorn in the dark.

She didn't do anything unusual. I only wanted her to.