Notes of a Dirty Old Man
Charles Bukowski
Top 10 Best Quotes
“There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets. . . when you leave your typewriter you leave your machine gun and the rats come pouring through.”
“the soul has no skin; the soul only has insides that want to sing, finally, can't you hear it, brothers? softly, can't you hear it, brothers? a hot piece of ass and a new Cadillac ain't going to solve a god-damned thing.”
“Baby, in a couple of minutes I'm going to rip off your god damned panties and show you some turkey neck you'll remember all the way to the graveside. I have a vast and curved penis, like a sickle, and many a gutted pussy has gasped come upon my callous and roach-smeared rug. First let me finish this drink.”
“To be young is the only religion.”
“No pain means the end of feeling; each of our joys is a bargain with the devil.”
“Beautiful thoughts, and beautiful women never last.”
“and if I have any advice to give to anybody it’s this: take up watercolor painting.”
“One more drink and you're dead. This is no way to talk to a suicide head.”
“it was going to be all right. at last. for a while.”
“Experience can dull. With most men experience is a series of mistakes; the more experience you have the less you know.”
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bukowski, writing, rats
