 | BiographyType: Poet, Novelist, Short story writer, and Columnist Born: August 16, 1920, Andernach, Rhineland-Palati Died: : March 9, 1994 (aged 73), San Pedro, Henry Charles Bukowski (born Heinrich Karl Bukowski; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. |
The good times were over. Nobody gave a shit and nobody had any money and if they had any, they kept it.
Courage comes from the belly - all else is desperation.
the courage it took to get out of bed each
morning
to face the same things
over and over
was
enormous.
Medju nama nije bilo nikakve veze, osim sto smo pili i vodili ljubav.
The old gal was only another lonely creature in a world that didn’t care
What a woman wants is a reaction. What a man wants is a woman.
Life wore a man out, wore a man thin.
Tomorrow would be a better day.
it's good to have things done with
when they don't work
it's also good not to hate
or even forget
the person you've failed with.
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.
What is your advice to young writers?”
“Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.
take a writer away from his typewriter
and all you have left
is
the sickness
which started him
typing
in the
beginning
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