Charles Bukowski Quotes

Otherwise, everything got better and better, just one surprise after another. And that's why I wrote the book about a matter of being in the right place at the right time, and just luck.

Crazy things happen in this sport, and you have to be ready. And for me, luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

I have led an exceptional life in some ways, yes. I mean, I've been very lucky. I seem to have had a gift for landing in the right place at the right time.

I'm not a big believer in fate, but, boy, I've had a lot of lucky breaks.

Most people have a kind of survivor bias about luck. When something wonderful happens - when preparation meets opportunity, with excellent results - we think: 'How lucky!' But we don't usually acknowledge all the times when things just... fizzle out. All the times when preparation comes to nothing.

I'm definitely one of the more fortunate ones when it comes to being in the right place at the right time.

I've had so much good luck happen to me that I can't handle bad luck.

Talent alone is helpless today. Any success requires both talent and luck. And the 'luck' has to be helped along and provided by someone.

Chance favors those who are prepared.

Luck? Luck is hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

You need lucky breaks to be successful.

The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,--where favorable times and lucky accidents have done for them, what wisdom or skill could not.

You must always be open to your luck. You cannot force it, but you can recognize it.

Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it.

Luck is very important. Of course you can't wait for luck, because it won't come. While you start a journey, luck may eventually come to you.

All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.

How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?

I just like Forrest Gump. Maybe I'm a little smarter than him, maybe I'm not. Probably because of the whole Southern aspect of his character and for some reason I always wind up on the better end of all deals... I've just kind of got the old silly boy luck!

Luck has had a great deal to do with my career.

You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.

A lot of times, really wonderful things that have come my way have come basically out of the blue.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle.