I didn't like anybody in that school. I think they knew that. I think that's why they disliked me. I didn't like the way they walked or looked or talked, but I didn't like my mother or father either. I still had the feeling of being surrounded by white empty space. There was always a slight nausea in my stomach.
Charles BukowskiI have seen too many men wilt and go silly under a little light, and then they continue to write and get published, turning out pure crap under a name that has become a bad habit. The next poem is all that counts. You can't stand on past poems.
Charles Bukowskithere is always one woman to save you from another and as that woman saves you she makes ready to destroy
Charles BukowskiI do not like to work and have no trade but i do like to eat, so this is basic, the basic training of slaves to fear.
Charles Bukowski