1920-1994, German Poet, Short Stories Writer, Novelist
Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 I'll show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities.
Charles Bukowski – [Bachelor]
That is what friendship means. Sharing the prejudice of experience.
Charles Bukowski – [Friends and Friendship]
The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the ''Watchtower'' itch: you gotta be with us, man, or you're out, you're dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. It's no wonder they keep getting busted.
Charles Bukowski – [Drugs]
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
Charles Bukowski – [Reform]