take a writer away from his typewriterand all you have lefti... - Charles Bukowski

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

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

"Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you've felt that way."

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

"nothing can save you except writing. it keeps the walls from failing."