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Charles Bukowski Quotes

When I worked on a magazine, I learned that there are many, many writers writing that can't write at all; and they keep on writing all the cliches and bromides and 1890 plots, and poems about Spring and poems about Love, and poems they think are modern because they are done in slang or staccato style, or written with all the 'i's' small.

Charles Bukowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Love Style Spring Writing Small

The water issue is critically related to climate change. People say that carbon is the currency of climate change. Water is the teeth.

Change Water People Climate Change

You change your life by changing your heart.

Life Inspirational Change Heart You

Knowing his coach likes him is more important to a player than anything else. To me, it was important to be able to chew out a player for screwing up and for him to accept it because he knew I liked him anyway.

Me Important Accept Knowing Coach

You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Live Hope Moments You Ring Forever

I think there are people out there writing original bluegrass songs, but it's hard to get them out on the air.

People Writing Think Hard Air Out

I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen and Duran Duran fan.

Fan Duran Bruce Springsteen Huge

I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.

Work Myself Enough Trying Without

Growing up in Connecticut, all the Colonial houses looked alike. In Los Angeles, the diversity is so extreme, it's baffling.

Diversity Growing Up Growing Up

When I'm acting, I just come up with people I've known, and I stick with it.

People Acting Up Stick Come Just

You have more time to make the play at second base than shortstop. That's why the game's more quick.

Asdrubal Cabrera

Time Game You Play Why Quick

Would the fish have ever been caught if it had kept its mouth shut?

Fish Mouth Caught Been Would Shut

I think the curiosity of mankind, that we want something unknown. Like, 500 years ago, humankind wanted to know what the other side of the ocean is, and it was a very risky project, and then we decided that probably we can fly; let's fly higher. And now we're flying space station, and still it's not enough for us: we want to know what's beyond.

Ocean Space Fly Curiosity Flying

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