On Drinking
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A writer has no friends, only distant allies.
A drunk will use any excuse to drink: bad luck, good luck, boredom or maybe too much technology.
The Master Plan
(….)
it was a world full of drunks and writers and
drunk writers.
and so
I became a starving drunk instead of a starving
writer.
the best thing was the instant
result. (…)
In all my years as a common laborer and bum, drink was the one thing that made me feel better. It got me out of the stale muck trap. The Greeks didn’t call wine “the Blood of the Gods” for no reason at all.
On The Hustle
I suppose
one of the worst times was
when
after a drunken reading and
an all-night party
I promised to appear at
From
“Charles Bukowski. Dialog with a Dirty Old Man”
Question: Would you characterize yourself as being an alcoholic?
Bukowski: Hell, yes.
Question: Why do you drink so much?
Bukowski: Basically, I’m a very bashful person—I’ve got a lot of self-doubt —but at the same time I have a tremendous ego. Something about alcoholerases the self-doubt and allows the ego to come out. I’ve had a lot of experiences and, I think, one thing about drinking is, it leads you to avenues you would never find if you didn’t drink. You take chances, you take gambles. (…) drinking leads you into 4,avenues where courage can’t take you.
Question: Or wisdom refuses to.
Bukowski: Things happen. Drinking makes things happen.