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Charles Bukowski Quotes: To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.
         

To me Art (poetry) is a continuous and continuing process and that when a man fails to write good poetry he fails to live fully or well.


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Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.



The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.



Find what you love and let it kill you.

Find what you love and let it kill you.



If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.



I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.





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Just follow my lead, ’ I said. ‘It’ll be fun.’‘Please, ’ Sam begged, ‘don’t let those words be carved on my tombstone.



If you sent speaking pages, they would be like a brother to me.

If you sent speaking pages, they would be like a brother to me.



Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.

Every arena of life intersects with what's going on in our hearts. Everything passes through on its way to wherever it's going. Everything.




Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters, ' said Sirius with a wry smile.

Yes, but the world isn't split into good people and Death Eaters, ' said Sirius with a wry smile.



Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.



Don't look up to heaven, for what will you see in the sky, except stars, luminous but cold, wholly insensitive to pity?

Don't look up to heaven, for what will you see in the sky, except stars, luminous but cold, wholly insensitive to pity?



It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.

It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.



There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry. People aren't taking the time and spending the money to do it right. I am.

There are many movies that have done it very badly. The studios have gone for quick profits and audiences are feeling angry. People aren't taking the time and spending the money to do it right. I am.



Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.

Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.




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