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

A little light reading.

People are strange

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

And we don’t care about anything…

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

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...

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

May 01, 2025

obody can save you but

yourselfMay 01, 2025

Lifesize Charles Bukowski doll, in stores now!

How sadness protected a young Bukowski.

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

May 01, 2025

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

~ ...

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