More quotes by Charles Bukowski

"unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it"
"We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain."
"there is a place in the heart thatwill never be filleda spaceand even during thebest momentsandthe greatest timestimeswe will know itwe will know itmore thaneverthere is a place in the heart thatwill never be filledandwe will waitandwaitin that space."
"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."
"She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire."