Charles Bukowski Quotes

My days, my years, my life has seen up and downs, lights and darknesses. If I wrote only and continually of the 'light' and never mentioned the other, then as an artist, I would be a liar.

Charles Bukowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 16, 1920 - March 9, 1994

Topics

LifeLightLiarMy LifeArtistDays

I really believe that all of us, as Americans... we all need to be treated like fellow human beings.

John Lewis

BelieveHumanNeedUsHuman Beings

Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.

John Hickenlooper

FailureGovernmentToleranceHigh

I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and I said to myself, 'Hey, I'm a professional writer now.'

John Updike

MyselfMoneyStoryThinkSaidNow

I don't think my kids have to worry too much about me embarrassing them because that's not how I would want to grow up, with wacky dad showing up at school and performing for everyone.

Steve Carell

SchoolMeThinkGrowWorryToo Much

Most Billy Joel songs make me want to cry a little.

Torrey DeVitto

MeCryWantLittleSongsMost

As a filmmaker and an actor, my job is to react towards people, but I want a reaction from them.

Tommy Wiseau

JobPeopleWantReactActorThem

Once the world has been created, the fantasy author still has to bring the story's characters to life and unfold a gripping plot. That's why good fantasy is such a hard act to bring off.

Tony Bradman

LifeGoodWorldStoryWhyFantasy

If someone offers me a hot plate of Penne Arrabiata, fageddaboutit.

Ross Butler

MeSomeoneHotPlateOffers

I've always been a fan of movies well before I got involved in the industry. The magic that it brings and being able to, I guess, escape your troubles, escape whatever is going on in life and getting to live in this moment and in the story and live in the lives of these characters.

Jovan Adepo

LifeLiveMomentStoryMagicMovies

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Dorothea Brande

SmokeThroughScreenBrothersFlew

Lawsuits - and frivolous lawsuits - are just sapping the life out of the people who perform the services and deliver the goods for the rest of the citizenry in the State of Montana.

Conrad Burns

LifePeopleRestOutMontanaJust

I want to know how to feel good while I'm in the gym, because I'm mad while I'm on the treadmill. I've got that angry-lady face the entire time.

Sherri Shepherd

GoodTimeFeel GoodFaceFeelGym

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