An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist... - Charles Bukowski

"unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it"

"People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice."

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

"We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing."

"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."