Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-born American writer.
His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, in the LA underground newspaper Open City.
In 1986 Time called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife". Regarding Bukowski's enduring popular appeal, Adam Kirsch of The New Yorker wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."
I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life. being alone
Bad taste creates many more millionaires than good taste. being good
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. politics & romance
To do a dull thing with style-now that's what I call art. art
We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men's crapper of the local bar. history
Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning
22 quotes from Robert Browning
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac
53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 views from Isadora Duncan
5 views from Isadora Duncan
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other views from Henry Ward Beecher
58 other views from Henry Ward Beecher