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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People are strange

A little light reading.

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...

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...

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

May 01, 2025

And we don’t care about anything…

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

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...

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

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

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

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

Lifesize Charles Bukowski doll, in stores now!

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

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

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

May 01, 2025

How sadness protected a young Bukowski.

obody can save you but

yourselfMay 01, 2025