Charles Bukowski Quotes

I like someone who has a little bad boy in them, a little edge.

I'm more attracted to the bad guys. Why? Because in real life, I don't know any good guys. I know okay guys. I know polite guys. I know people who can control themselves.

If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.

It's always a surprise! This business is always an adventure.

I think that what I'm attracted to is people who are wild. But the self-destructive side comes out of the wild side. The wildness is very different from me. That's why I think I like it.

At its best, life is completely unpredictable.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

The bad boy: always more fun.

People like casting me as these characters who definitely have an edge to them, but I don't really think 'bad boy' is something anyone can say about themselves without sounding stupid.

I love bad boys. They're the most fun to play.

Why do we never expect dull people to be rascals?

Sometimes people like the bad boy.

I like not knowing what's around the corner. It's always been that way, and maybe that's one of the reasons why I'm an actor.

Life will be interesting only when there is an element of surprise in it.

I like things to be unpredictable.

I just want to see what life's going to throw my way. So far, it's been very unexpected. I'm kinda on a roller coaster and want to enjoy that.

I want to be surprised by life... I think that's more interesting.

I was a real wild kid, spending much more time outdoors than I ever did indoors.

One should always be a little improbable.

So listen, man, "weird" is my middle name. I'm ready for anything. The weirder, the better.

Damn everything but the circus! ...damn everything that is grim, dull, motionless, unrisking, inward turning, damn everything that won't get into the circle, that won't enjoy. That won't throw it's heart into the tension, surprise, fear and delight of the circus, the round world, the full existence.

Trouble can be a lot of fun. It's the straight and narrow that makes life tedious and boring.

Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing.

Comfort and familiarity were wonderful but they also dulled passion and excitement. Predictability and habit made surprises almost impossible.