He asked, "What makes a man a writer?""Well,"I said, "it's s... - Charles Bukowski

"and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter"

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

"When I begin to doubt my ability to work the word, I simply read another writer and know I have nothing to worry about. My contest is only with myself, to do it right, with power, and force, and delight, and gamble."

"I carry death in my left pocket. Sometimes I take it out and talk to it: "Hello, baby, how you doing? When you coming for me? I'll be ready."

"take a writer away from his typewriterand all you have leftisthe sicknesswhich started himtypingin thebeginning"