Charles Bukowski

“Shakespeare didn't work at all for me.”

“Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.”

“I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.”

“We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.”

“Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.”

“You can do without a woman but not a typewriter.”