More quotes by Charles Bukowski

"take a writer away from his typewriterand all you have leftisthe sicknesswhich started himtypingin thebeginning"
"My dear,Find what you love and let it kill you.Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it’s much better to be killed by a lover.~ Falsely yours"
"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."
"and our few good times will be rare because we have the critical senseand are not easy to fool with laughter"
"Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them."