Charles Bukowski citations

Henry Charles Bukowski /ˈhɛnɹi t͡ʃɑɹlz bəˈkaʊski/, né Heinrich Karl Bukowski /ˈhaɪnʁɪç kaːɐ̯l buˈkɔfskʲi/ le 16 août 1920 à Andernach en Allemagne et mort le 9 mars 1994 à Los Angeles aux États-Unis, est un écrivain américain d'origine allemande, auteur de romans, de nouvelles et de poésie. Il est connu sous ses pseudonymes divers : Hank, Buk, Henry Chinaski, ce dernier étant celui de son alter ego dans ses nombreux romans autobiographiques. Il est l'auteur, en prose comme en vers, d'une œuvre poétique considérable. Wikipedia  

✵ 16. août 1920 – 9. mars 1994   •   Autres noms Henry Charles Bukowski

Œuvres

Women
Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski Citations

“Tout allait de travers. Les gens s’accrochaient aveuglément à la première bouée de sauvetage venue : le communisme, la diététique, le zen, le surf, la danse classique, l’hypnotisme, la dynamique de groupe, les orgies, le vélo, l’herbe, le catholicisme, les haltères, les voyages, le retrait intérieur, la cuisine végétarienne, l’Inde, la peinture, l’écriture, la sculpture, la musique, la profession de chef d’orchestre, les balades sac à dos, le yoga, la copulation, le jeu, l’alcool, zoner, les yaourts surgelés, Beethoven, Bach, Bouddha, le Christ, le H, le jus de carotte, le suicide, les costumes sur mesure, les voyages en avion, New York City, et soudain, tout se cassait la gueule, tout partait en fumée. Il fallait bien que les gens trouvent quelque chose à faire en attendant de mourir. Pour ma part, je trouvais plutôt sympa qu’on ait le choix.”

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Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, Beethoven, Back, Buddha, Christ, TM, H, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, New York City, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice.
Women, 1978

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Charles Bukowski: Citations en anglais

Charles Bukowski citation: “Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”

Variante: Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

Charles Bukowski citation: “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence.”

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid one are full of confidence.”

Variante: The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

“We don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.”

Variante: We don't even ask for happiness, just a little less pain.
Source: From a letter to William Packard from 1985 (published in Reach for the Sun - the 3rd volume of Bukowski correspondence)
Contexte: Sex, love, duty, God, family are not to be bargained with against happiness, and we don’t even ask happiness, just a little less pain.

“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”

Charles Bukowski livre The People Look Like Flowers at Last

Variante: You have to die a few times before you actually live.
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last

“I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good but it never felt right.”

Charles Bukowski livre Women

Variante: being alone never felt right. sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
Source: Women

“I'm tired of waiting to die. Let's go out.”

Charles Bukowski livre Hot Water Music

Source: Hot Water Music

“people run from rain but
sit
in bathtubs full of
water.”

Source: The Roominghouse Madrigals: Early Selected Poems, 1946-1966

“one can never be sure whether it's good poetry or bad acid”

Charles Bukowski livre Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

“I thought you were sane," I said, "but you're
just as crazy as the rest of them.”

Charles Bukowski livre Love Is a Dog from Hell

Source: Love Is a Dog from Hell

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