Charles Bukowski Quotes

There's nothing cool about being self-destructive.

I love stories about people who are smart enough to know that what they're doing is destroying them, but that knowing that doesn't help them.

Your intelligence doesn't override your desire to destroy yourself.

Slow-motion suicide

I have a tendency to dip my foot in self-destructive behavior.

Often does hatred hurt itself.

None can do a man so much harm as he doeth himself.

SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain.

No man is hurt but by himself.

The road to ruin is always in good repair, and the travellers pay the expense of it.

It's heartbreaking to watch people working against themselves.

I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive.

There are seeds of self-destruction in all of us that will bear only unhappiness if allowed to grow.

A guy who's actually self destructive is quite fun to play.

I definitely have a real self-destructive streak.

There's something very romantic about self-destruction and sabotaging your life, and taking a hammer to it.

I'm incredibly self-destructive.

A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

You're dealing with people who are suiciding slowly. You've got to get to the bottom of what is psychologically motivating them to self-destruct.

Don't cut off your nose yourself.

I think the human species is very suicidal.

Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.