The whole LSD, STP, marijuana, heroin, hashish, prescription cough medicine crowd suffers from the Watchtower itch: you gotta be with us, man, or youre out, youre dead. This pitch is a continual and seeming MUST with those who use the stuff. Its no wonder they keep getting busted. – Charles Bukowski
To do a dull thing with style-now thats what I call art. – Charles Bukowski
Show me a man who lives alone and has a perpetually clean kitchen, and 8 times out of 9 Ill show you a man with detestable spiritual qualities. – Charles Bukowski
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. – Charles Bukowski
If you think dope is for kicks and for thrills, youre out of your mind. There are more kicks to be had in a good case of paralytic polio or by living in an iron lung. If you think you need stuff to play music or sing, youre crazy. It can fix you so you cant play nothing or sing nothing. – Billie Holiday