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Charles Bukowski Quotes

We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

Charles Bukowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Live Death Laugh Will Odds Here

On Monday and Thursday, I eat fewer than 500 calories a day; then I eat like a pig for the other five days. You 'surprise' the body: keep it guessing. I got the idea from a BBC documentary about this Indian man who seemed about 138 years old and said his secret was severe calorie restriction.

Day Man Monday Surprise Body Pig

The dynamic is extremely similar to Gremlins and the hero is very similar, plus the small town atmosphere. It really is in a way the third Gremlins movie.

Hero Small Small Town Way Atmosphere

I might not be Shaq, but I can be Kobe, you know?

You I Can Know Might Kobe

I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads.

Love Good Balance Fruit Eating Fish

There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.

Love Unique Los Angeles Humour Miss

These people have served a longer sentence than some people who have committed murder.

Jeff Greenfield

People Some People Who Committed

When I lived in L.A. full time, I moved often - fourteen different neighbourhoods in sixteen years.

Michael Connelly

Time Years Lived Different Moved

I think swagger's a confidence. It's a confidence of you knowing that you work hard for your success. A lot of times, you can't develop swagger if you haven't worked hard to succeed.

Amar'e Stoudemire

Work Success Confidence Work Hard

A drunk truck driver ran over me. I was in a Volkswagen. It was horrible. It sounds like a cliche, but anything that doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I give a lot of credit to my dad, who was a very strong guy.

Robert David Hall

Me Truck Strong Credit Stronger You

I worry that the superficial way we read during the day is affecting us when we have to read with more in-depth processing.

Day Worry Way More Us Read

I've always just worn bows. They just got bigger and better and sparklier - and then I became 'JoJo with the bow bow,' and it became a thing.

Better Always Bigger Got Bow Just

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

People America Playing Costume Get

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