“I'm just an alcoholic who became a writer so that I would be able to stay in bed until noon.”

—  Charles Bukowski

Source: Jsem jen alkoholik, co se stal spisovatelem, aby mohl zůstat v posteli do poledne.

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American writer 1920–1994

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