1,615 Quotes by Charles Bukowski

It’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing. there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust.

I just want a hot cup of coffee,black,and I don’t want to hear about your troubles.

American women drove hard bargains and the ended up looking the worst for it. The few natural American women left were mostly in Texas and Louisiana.

how can you be true and kind at the same time? how?

I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.

Some lose all mind and become soul,insane. some lose all soul and become mind, intellectual. some lose both and become accepted

There's music in everything, even defeat

When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds.

Hey, Hank, I notice all the women around your place lately ... good looking stuff; you're doing all right." "Sam," I say, "that's not true; I am one of God's most lonely men.