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Charles Bukowski Quotes

In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.

Charles Bukowski

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Work Words See I See Photograph

We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.

Andreas Schleicher

Live World Rich Poor Divided Longer

Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance.

Beauty Ideas Values Creating New

If there is any message in the 'Wimpy Kid' books, it is that reading can be and should be fun. As an adult reader, when I see an obvious moral lesson to be taught, I run in the other direction... Kids can sniff out an adult agenda from an early age. I'm writing for entertainment, not to impress literary judges.

Age Fun Writing Reading Direction

I wasn't setting out to write a documentary; if I had, I would have done it in a completely different way. I was asked to write a drama that would appeal to a big audience in America that had no knowledge or interest in The Tudors at all.

Knowledge America Drama Done Way

One of mom's greatest acts of generosity was that she trained me to be defiant. Her great gift to me was encouraging me to be the person that I wanted to be, not the one that she and my father wished I was.

Father Great Generosity Me Mom Gift

We know how to take care of one another without whining and accusing and belly-aching.

Care Take Care Know Without Take

I'm not a great inventor from scratch. What I do is to use, steal, acquire, reproduce or re-cycle music from other musicians.

Music Great Musicians Steal Scratch

I think one reason I really like women and like working with women is because of my sisters.

Women Think Reason Because Working

Yesterday, the Pentagon warned U.S. reporters that they should get out of Baghdad as soon as possible because the U.S. could attack at any time. Then the Pentagon added, 'Whatever you do, don't tell Geraldo.'

Time You Yesterday Possible Whatever

Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it.

Claes Oldenburg

Death Elegance Chicago Strange About

When you make movies, you have to be preoccupied with the social problems, otherwise there is no point in making a movie. To have a story, you need a social problem. Not necessarily a problem, but something to get the idea for a story, otherwise there's no story.

Story Problems Problem You Movies

To me, romantic means, um, you follow your heart more than your mind. Sometimes when you're shooting a film, you have to follow your heart.

Heart Romantic Mind Me You Follow

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