Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“And C was good at something I like to call manipulexity, that is the manipulation of complex things. While shell was good at something else which I call whipuptitude, the aptitude for whipping things up.”
Public Talks, "Present Continuous - Future Perfect"
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