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

"To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art."

"there are worse thingsthan being alonebut it often takesdecades to realize thisand most often when you doit's too lateand there's nothing worsethan too late"

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

"There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get outbut I'm too tough for him,I say, stay in there, I'm not going to let anybody see you."

"what matters most is how well you walk through the fire"