Quote by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)

• I don't hate people, I just feel better when they aren't around.

• You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

• For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command or faith a dictum. I am my own God. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.

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

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

• Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.