There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.
Charles Bukowski

It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
Charles Bukowski

Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.
Charles Bukowski

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
Charles Bukowski

I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Charles Bukowski

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.
Charles Bukowski

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
Charles Bukowski

Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste.
Charles Bukowski