Most poets are young simply because they have not been caught up. Show me an old poet, and I’ll show you, more often than not, either a madman or a master… it’s when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order simply to make a poem that you fail. That is why I do not rework poems. Charles Bukowski Read Quote
Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation. Charles Bukowski Read Quote
My love is a hummingbird sitting that quiet moment on the bough, as the same cat crouches. Charles Bukowski Read Quote
The female loves to play man against man. And if she is in a position to do it, there is not one who will resist. Charles Bukowski Read Quote
To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself. Charles Bukowski Read Quote
If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many ‘bads’ – bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even ‘bad’ white males. Only, when you write about ‘bad’ white males, they don’t complain about it. And need I say that there are ‘good’ blacks, ‘good’ homosexuals and ‘good’ women? Charles Bukowski Read Quote
