Charles Bukowski Simple Quotations

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

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

that your power of command with simple language was one of the magnificent things of our century. (from the poem: result)

he asked, "what makes a man a writer?" "well," I said, "it's simple, it's either you get it down on paper or you jump off a bridge. writers are desperate people and when they stop being desperate they stop being writers." "are you desperate?" "I don't know...

she was consumed by 3 simple things: drink, despair, loneliness; and 2 more: youth and beauty

I suppose like others I have come through fire and sword, love gone wrong, head-on crashes, drunk at sea, and I have listened to the simple sound of water running in tubs and wished to drown

Intellectuals say simple things in difficult ways. Artists say difficult things in simple ways.

People just don't know how to write down a simple easy line. It's difficult for them; it's like trying to keep a hard-on while drowning - not many can do it.

He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.

But my whole life has been a matter of fighting for one simple hour to do what I want to do. There was always something getting in the way of my getting to myself.

The secret is writing down one simple line after another.

An artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way