Bukowski says;

• An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
• Of course it's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.
• The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.
• You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics
• Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.