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I'm only interested in poetry.

Charles Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski
Age: 73 †
Born: 1920
Born: August 16
Died: 1994
Died: March 9
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Careful poetry and careful people live only long enough to die safely.
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I had no Freedom. I had nothing.
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Well, the rain had stopped but the pain was still there.
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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.
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Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.
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That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty me. I have to go away to refill.
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Belane, are you nuts? Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm?
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