#AmericanWriters
My father had two brothers. The younger was named Ben and the older was named John. Both were alcoholics and ne’er-do-wells. My parents often spoke of them. “Neither of them amount to a...
I get many phonecalls now. They are all alike. “are you Charles Bukowski, the writer?” “yes,” I tell them.
They are building a house half a block down and I sit up here with the shades down listening to the sounds,
Not much happened during the rest of her stay. We drank, we ate, we fucked. There were no arguments. We took long drives down along the shore, ate at seafood cafes. I didn’t bother with...
one of the first actors to play Ta… Motion Picture Home. he’d been there for years waiting… he spent much of his time running in and out of the wards
this is my piano. the phone rings and people ask, what are you doing? how about getting drunk with us? and I say,
has been going on for some time. there is this young waitress where… at the racetrack. how are you doing today?” she asks… winning pretty good,” I reply.
I forget the beginning time. 6 or 7 p.m. Something like that. All you did was sit with a handful of letters, take a streetmap and figure your run. It was easy. All the drivers took much...
the bulls are grand as the side of… and although they kill them for th… it is the bull that burns the fire… and although there are cowardly bu… there are cowardly matadors and co…
I was shacked with a 24 year old girl from New York City for two weeks—about the time of the garbage
you just don’t know how to do it, you know that, and you can’t do a lot of other useful things either. it’s the fault of the
love, he said, gas kiss me off kiss my lips kiss my hair my fingers
a symphony orchestra. there is a thunderstorm, they are playing a Wagner overture and the people leave their seats u… and run inside to the pavilion
I went over the other day to pick up my daughter. her mother came out with workman’s overalls on. I gave her the child support money
he hooked to the body hard took it well and loved to fight had seven in a row and a small fle… over one eye,