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

"when I am feelinglowall i have to do iswatch my catsand mycouragereturns"

"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."

"It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well."

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