"Some people never go crazy, what truly horrible lives they must live."
- Charles Bukowski
"I've learned to feel good when I feel good.it's better to be driven around in a red porschethan to ownone. the luck of the fool is inviolate."
"Never bring a lot of money to where a poor man lives. He can only lose what little he has. On the other hand it is mathematically possible that he might win whatever you bring with you. What you must ..."
"peace of mind and heartarriveswhen we accept what is:having beenborn into thisstrange lifewe must acceptthe wasted gamble of ourdaysand take some satisfaction inthe pleasure ofleaving it allbehind."
"First paycheck I get, I thought, I'm going to get myself a room near the downtown L.A. Public Library."
"There is always somebody about to ruin your day, if not your life."
"I was so thin I could slice bread with my shoulderblades, only I seldom had bread"
"there's a bluebird in my heart thatwants to get outbut I'm too clever, I only let him outat night sometimeswhen everybody's asleep.I say, I know that you're there,so don't besad.then I put him back,bu..."
"The secret is writing down one simple line after another."
"That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if n..."