“I was a man who thrived on solitude... The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.” — Charles Bukowski...

What matters most is how well you walk through the fire.

People are strange

We drank heavily, and one morning I woke up with the worst hangover I ever had, like a steel band around my head.”May 01, 2025

The problem with world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.May 01, 2025

obody can save you but

yourselfMay 01, 2025

In a capitalistic society the losers slaved for the winners and you have to have more losers than winners. What did I thin...

In 1992, right before the George Bush vs. Bill Clinton presidential election, an editor wrote to Charles Bukowski and aske...

They forces aren’t going to let you sit around fucking-off and relaxing. You’ve got to do it their way.

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It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, but there ought to be a place for people without ambition, I mean a better...

I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was se...

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

How sadness protected a young Bukowski.

And we don’t care about anything…

Love is a Dog from Hell by Charles Bukowski is raw, gritty, and unapologetically human.

May 01, 2025

"Ham on Rye" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Charles Bukowski, offering a gritty and poignant portrayal of his adole...

Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.

May 01, 2025

You’re the Big Lebowski. I’m Bukowski. Or Buk, if you’re into the whole brevity thing.

A little light reading.

Lifesize Charles Bukowski doll, in stores now!