1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

she likes that and I like it too because to/make a thing true all you've/got to do is believe

Everything else just kept picking and picking, hacking away. And nothing was interesting, nothing. The people were restrictive and careful, all alike. And I've got to live with these fuckers for the rest of my life, I thought.

people diminish me; the longer I sit and listen to themthe more empty I feel but I don't getthe idea that they feel empty, I feelthat they enjoy the sound from theirmouths.

we are the sickest of the breed--as fine museums--great art--generations of knowledge--are all forgottenas we find profundity in being anasshole--

Are you sick now?""No.""Then what's wrong?""I don't like people.""Do you think that's right?""Probably not.

هناك دائما شخص ما على استعداد لأن يفسد عليك يومك، إن لم يكن حياتك

Bad tastecreates many more millionaires than good taste. It finallyboiled down to a matter of who got the most votes. In theland of the moles a mole was king

A mí cada vez que alguien me hablaba me entraban ganas de tirarme por la ventana o de escapar en el ascensor. La gente, simplemente, no me resultaba interesante. Quizá no tenía por qué serlo. Pero los animales, los pájaros, incluso los insectos lo eran. No podía entenderlo.

بارمن بهم گفت:((می‌دونی چیه پسر ؟))((نه، چیه ؟))((می‌خوام همینجا وسط بار یه لوله‌ی گاز بکشم، درست تا همین صندلی که بیست و چهار ساعته روش نشستی.سرش هم یه شیر می‌ذارم.))((لوله‌ی گاز؟))((آره.تا هر وقت هوس کردی تمومش کنی شیر رو باز کنی و چندتا نفس عمیق بکشی و خلاص شی...))گفتم ((واقعاً خیلی لطف داری جیم.))