Charles Bukowski

Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, I must have read a whole library. ”

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us. ”

In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see. ”

Shakespeare didn't work at all for me. ”

Generally, a writer of force is anywhere from 20 years to 200 years ahead of his generation. ”