There's nothing else as pleasant as being unpleasant when there's nothing else to do, and there's usually nothing else to do.
Charles BukowskiI lapsed into my pathetic cut-off period. Often with humans, both good and bad, my senses simply shut off, they get tired, I give up. I am polite. I nod. I pretend to understand because I donโt want anybody to be hurt. That is the one weakness that has lead me into the most trouble. Trying to be kind to others I often get my soul shredded into a kind of spiritual pasta. No matter. My brain shuts off. I listen. I respond. And they are too dumb to know that I am not there.
Charles Bukowskithe way to create art is to burn and destroy ordinary concepts and to substitute them with new truths that run down from the top of the head and out of the heart
Charles BukowskiFour days alone with nothing. Emerge empowered. The first human face you see will knock you back 50%.
Charles Bukowski