Charles Bukowski citations célèbres
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
Charles Bukowski Citations
Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire, 1967, Quartier des agités à l'est d'Hollywood
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire, 1967, La grande défonce
“La Constitution n'a jamais été conçue pour protéger les dégénérés.”
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
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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
Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire, 1967, Notes sur la peste
“j'aime mieux qu'on me raconte la vie d'un clochard américain que celle d'un dieu grec mort.”
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
Journal d'un vieux dégueulasse, 1969
Nouveaux contes de la folie ordinaire, 1967, La grande défonce
Charles Bukowski: Citations en anglais
“the price of creation
is never
too high.
the price of living
with other people
always
is.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Variante: The area dividing the brain and the soul
Is affected in many ways by experience --
Some lose all mind and become soul:
insane.
Some lose all soul and become mind:
intellectual.
Some lose both and become:
accepted.
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“and the color in my eyes
has gone back into the sea.”
Source: What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Source: sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: New Poems
Source: Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way
“To be young is the only religion.”
Source: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
Source: Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
“There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer.”
Source: Hot Water Music
“I just let it roll. Like a hot turd down a hill.”
Source: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship