Charles Bukowski: Why most Writers are Boring.

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Charles Bukowski discusses his views on death and why most writers are boring to him.
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  • @kablouielouie
    @kablouielouie Жыл бұрын

    'If you do dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die from.' Simply brilliant.

  • @annalisavajda252

    @annalisavajda252

    Жыл бұрын

    Well he died of bone cancer not liver disease or alcohol related illness anyone can get leukemia and lots of alcoholics live a long time some are better writers than others some don't write at all was his point. Think if he were young and nice looking instead he could have been an alcoholic like Jim Morrison and been too exciting harassed by cops at his own shows charged with being lewd overdosed at 27 just not his fate.

  • @Chicanery_Artifice

    @Chicanery_Artifice

    Жыл бұрын

    he said, "if you write dull shit, it doesn't do any good what you die from"

  • @nikolausgerszewski2086

    @nikolausgerszewski2086

    Жыл бұрын

    not brilliant at all. his own shit is so boring. but maybe not to him. the most important thing is that he has fun writing, I guess. and of course it sells.

  • @godloveszaza

    @godloveszaza

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@nikolausgerszewski2086 we do not care what you think

  • @nikolausgerszewski2086

    @nikolausgerszewski2086

    Жыл бұрын

    @@godloveszaza who the fuck is 'we'? are you demanding the Pluralis Majestatis, Sir?

  • @elichilton7031
    @elichilton7031 Жыл бұрын

    We should call Bukowski's approach to writing the "The Bim Principle."

  • @Southsayer.

    @Southsayer.

    Жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @Mooseman327

    @Mooseman327

    Жыл бұрын

    More like "The Bim-Bim-Bim Principle."

  • @scepticalchymist

    @scepticalchymist

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Mooseman327 Bimcubedski's principle :)

  • @cioran1754

    @cioran1754

    Жыл бұрын

    Bim bim bim ... bim bim bim ... in this atomic age , for juicy flavour and not yawning yourself to shit 😅

  • @SuperMrBlaze

    @SuperMrBlaze

    Жыл бұрын

    Why not? 😁😁😁

  • @TheArtofGuitar
    @TheArtofGuitar10 ай бұрын

    "I yawned myself to shit!" Loved that.

  • @jonquilcat7945
    @jonquilcat7945 Жыл бұрын

    For Bukowski to say he likes someone as a person seems, from his writing, to be a high compliment indeed.

  • @kevinoshea557

    @kevinoshea557

    Жыл бұрын

    He likes his lines juicy.

  • @billyb4790

    @billyb4790

    Жыл бұрын

    and so what does that mean? Nothing. The man's entire career was built off nothing.

  • @lovrboi

    @lovrboi

    Жыл бұрын

    what

  • @crackbaby4444

    @crackbaby4444

    Жыл бұрын

    maybe he just said it to make the situation less tense

  • @commandercaptain4664

    @commandercaptain4664

    Жыл бұрын

    He is strong in his "get off my lawn" energy.

  • @Alter_Ego247
    @Alter_Ego247 Жыл бұрын

    "He wasn't even a professional drunk" ..proceeds to describe how to get wasted without swallowing vomit. This completely cracked me up hahaha

  • @_Mitya

    @_Mitya

    Ай бұрын

    Ага не был ..цвет лица...

  • @Lili-Benovent

    @Lili-Benovent

    19 күн бұрын

    Yes, he was a real low class act.

  • @vilentman111
    @vilentman111 Жыл бұрын

    He's right about seeing patterns and 'repeats' in life. It happens early too; you hear the exact same things, see the exact same scenarios play out.

  • @JustGresh

    @JustGresh

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, I really started noticing it at the age of 28.

  • @noodle845

    @noodle845

    Жыл бұрын

    So frikkin depressing to talk about. I love it 😂

  • @posteroonie

    @posteroonie

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, people have been saying that forever.

  • @vilentman111

    @vilentman111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@posteroonie Ironic... When you think about it

  • @vilentman111

    @vilentman111

    Жыл бұрын

    @@noodle845 It's not depressing I don't think.

  • @_Jay_Maker_
    @_Jay_Maker_ Жыл бұрын

    As someone who takes particular interest in Fantasy and Sci-Fi, both genres suffer from a severe dearth of decent poetry - not _poetry_ as in verse, but poetry as a practical method and an exercise in creative flow. I can't tell you how many celebrated authors have bored the total shit out of me over such a lack. Don't describe your world, make me live in it. Don't write your characters, make me know them.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the truth!

  • @discipline-my5hi

    @discipline-my5hi

    Жыл бұрын

    Read Gene Wolfe

  • @ximono

    @ximono

    Жыл бұрын

    Ursula K. Le Guin is one of very few authors who redeem the otherwise poor reputation of sci-fi, an amazing author in her own right

  • @MrBandini27

    @MrBandini27

    Жыл бұрын

    "Don't describe your world, make me live in it", exactly. I'll probably steal that. 😁

  • @StrongScholar

    @StrongScholar

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrBandini27 but the question is how?

  • @HenryChinaski614
    @HenryChinaski614 Жыл бұрын

    Bukowskis genius is in his honesty and simplicity. A clear son of John Fante but completely original himself.

  • @johnanthonycafe2993
    @johnanthonycafe2993 Жыл бұрын

    Regardless of his life philosophy Bukowski makes good points about writing. He definitely had a gift to go mining for the right words instead of talking around a subject. He showed fortitude persevering in shitty jobs and situations then writing at night. No wonder he hit the booze.

  • @cindyo6298

    @cindyo6298

    Жыл бұрын

    Poets do that

  • @nicholaskearney678

    @nicholaskearney678

    Жыл бұрын

    Same lol.

  • @Noway-sg8md

    @Noway-sg8md

    Жыл бұрын

    he most likely was a boozer and a writer for the same reason(s). most great creative minds are all troubled in some way.

  • @johnanthonycafe2993

    @johnanthonycafe2993

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Noway-sg8md I'm a genius and I don't even drink. Do you have any idea what I'm going through ?

  • @Joaquim-nz9vp

    @Joaquim-nz9vp

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnanthonycafe2993 Who even started talking about you? 💀

  • @TheodoreDorado
    @TheodoreDorado Жыл бұрын

    I love this guy. He is so real yet ultimately subjective and full of shit. His words bring me to tears, and his interviews make me grin or drop my jaw. Very wise of him to welcome death, btw, as it is very natural.

  • @unfortunatebeam

    @unfortunatebeam

    Жыл бұрын

    If he's full of shit, he's in a world full of shit.

  • @natesvibin3937

    @natesvibin3937

    Жыл бұрын

    what do you mean by “ultimately subjective and full of shit”

  • @eternity8811

    @eternity8811

    Жыл бұрын

    Everyone's "ultimately subjective".

  • @logia7

    @logia7

    Жыл бұрын

    indeed but what comes after death

  • @dragonfly6347

    @dragonfly6347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@logia7 life

  • @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504
    @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504 Жыл бұрын

    That's why the book thief is my favourite of all time. It's not about the punchline being set up but each line stands on its own

  • @kools67

    @kools67

    Жыл бұрын

    is The Book Thief by Bukowski?...I can't seem to find it

  • @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504

    @boity-fromthemilkygalaxy2504

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kools67 no no. It's by Markus Zusak

  • @deathfeel

    @deathfeel

    Жыл бұрын

    Try "The Shadow of the wind" you ll have better results.

  • @kools67

    @kools67

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deathfeel The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón?

  • @GinaGreenlee

    @GinaGreenlee

    Жыл бұрын

    @@deathfeel Thanks for the recommendation. Just reserved it from the library.

  • @kevinkelley4376
    @kevinkelley4376 Жыл бұрын

    Love his writing. I finished Factotum last week. All six of his novels are great. His writing style is so much fun and his stories capture a different era, bringing to life the streets of LA from a poor man's perspective. 🍺🥃😏

  • @oinkooink

    @oinkooink

    Жыл бұрын

    They are all as good as Ham on Rye you reckon? I tore through that book, short as it is. But really good I thought.

  • @kevinkelley4376

    @kevinkelley4376

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oinkooink, I agree, Ham on Rye is a good one because he opens up about his childhood. The others I would recommend are Post Office, Factotum & Women..

  • @lovrboi

    @lovrboi

    Жыл бұрын

    personally my favorite is love is a dog from hell

  • @noodle845

    @noodle845

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@kevinkelley4376they're all pretty funny, but perhaps repetitive. A legend nonetheless

  • @gordeevious

    @gordeevious

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved Ham on Rye. Need to get to the others. The stories and characters are so vivid, alive. And I love his humor.

  • @flutebasket4294
    @flutebasket4294 Жыл бұрын

    I no longer care for Bukowski's nihilism, but he's totally right about exciting writing

  • @kreg27

    @kreg27

    Жыл бұрын

    I actually don't think he was a nihilist, but a self-loathing romantic that is misunderstood. It comes through a lot more in his poetry.

  • @flutebasket4294

    @flutebasket4294

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kreg27 Well, that explains it: When it comes to poetry, I'M a nihilist!

  • @ronniechilds2002
    @ronniechilds2002 Жыл бұрын

    Bukowski occupied an interesting position among writers. If you surveyed 10 American English professors, seven have never heard of him, two think he's a pornographer, and one thinks he is the greatest literary genius since Shakespeare. I even like his poetry. His poems are his stories written vertically, and his stories are poems written horizontally. He is the best at what he does, but nobody else is in the exact same category; he's kinda like the Keith Richards of literature.

  • @Honestly__now

    @Honestly__now

    Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful

  • @croulantroulant3082

    @croulantroulant3082

    Жыл бұрын

    "If you surveyed 10 American English professors, seven have never heard of him" : really ?? Professors ? He's pretty famous over here in France, I'm sure every litterature professor knows him.

  • @torgeirgimmingsrud2439

    @torgeirgimmingsrud2439

    Жыл бұрын

    I provoked two housewifes on a local train in Italy, and they tried to disrespect me by comparing my looks to Bukowski. So he’s no hidden gem anymore over here.

  • @ryanlynch290

    @ryanlynch290

    Жыл бұрын

    @@croulantroulant3082 You'd be surprised. Thankfully his popularity had a resurgence in the 90s and 2000s, but academia doesn't pay him much mind.

  • @ryanlynch290

    @ryanlynch290

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd say he's a lot like Picasso. He's able to take things down to their most essential elements, and make them fun and bright while still retaining depth and definitely a good punch.

  • @Avalonanon
    @Avalonanon Жыл бұрын

    Everyday should be like this, love this guys energy and perspective

  • @lampad4549

    @lampad4549

    Жыл бұрын

    Nah, the world would be shit with snobbish people like this.

  • @gonufc

    @gonufc

    Жыл бұрын

    ....So you haven't seen the domestic violence then? Bukowski wrote some very good stuff but he wasn't a good human being it seems.

  • @sunkintree

    @sunkintree

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gonufc I dont think anyone on earth would say he was a good human being. Why would you even think he should be? He's a famous writer, not a famous "good human"

  • @Avalonanon

    @Avalonanon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gonufc good juman/ bad juman, he’s allowed to have a good thought or frame of thinking come out of his mouth I don’t know much about him but based off my life experiences obviously not relating to domestic violence it resonated with me. It’s hard to move through life getting stuck on that shit learn to appreciate

  • @godflow2854

    @godflow2854

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@gonufc You haven't seen the domestic violence his dad gave him either. Shit happens and then it keeps on happening.

  • @hittomanstudio7056
    @hittomanstudio7056 Жыл бұрын

    Orwell talked about this on his rules for good writing. Do not embelish excessively a sentence to say something or it will lose its power. If you can say something in 4 words instead of 10, go for the first option.

  • @greyeyed123

    @greyeyed123

    Жыл бұрын

    He stole that from Aristotle a few thousand years before.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@greyeyed123 He borrowed that from Aristotle, and it deserves to be said, over and over.

  • @greyeyed123

    @greyeyed123

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farshimelt The best writers steal. (I stole that from you-know-who.)

  • @mrpussinboots4252

    @mrpussinboots4252

    11 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't an expanded vocabulary aid in conciseness?

  • @greyeyed123

    @greyeyed123

    11 ай бұрын

    @@mrpussinboots4252 No one said it wouldn't, least of all Orwell.

  • @1manorgy
    @1manorgy Жыл бұрын

    Feels almost like a crime now not to have read a single thing written by this guy at my age.

  • @stevevitka7442

    @stevevitka7442

    Жыл бұрын

    Yer breakin the law, get thee to a Library, I hooked up w/a librarian once after she confessed to me she had stolen the Bukowski book I was lookin for.

  • @jamesbrough6805

    @jamesbrough6805

    Жыл бұрын

    read 'Tales of Ordinary Madness'

  • @rocketbun5413

    @rocketbun5413

    Жыл бұрын

    You're honestly better off reading literally anything else or hell watching a movie

  • @alleygh0st

    @alleygh0st

    Жыл бұрын

    not missing much tbh

  • @mrpussinboots4252

    @mrpussinboots4252

    11 ай бұрын

    @@alleygh0st I deserve a taste of bim bim bim in my life at least on one occasion

  • @victorhuizar2279
    @victorhuizar2279 Жыл бұрын

    Such a beautiful broken man... Bless his hearth. A unique voice.

  • @michaelegan3522
    @michaelegan3522 Жыл бұрын

    The thing about Bukowski though is that his writing reflects that repetition that he complains about it this interview. If you read more than a few of his stories or novels they all kinda blend together, it's all Henry Chinaski drinking and screwing or drinking and getting in fights. Factotum and Post Office are basically indistinguishable in my memory except for the fact the in one of them he's working as a mailman. Then there are some short stories of him going to the racetrack to place bets and those are some of the dullest things I've ever read, even when I was reading a bunch of Bukowski a few years ago those racetrack stories would make my eyes glaze over. That being said, I've always appreciated his novel Ham On Rye

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    It's his poetry that is significant. He keeps it terse and to the point.

  • @giuseppebonsignore4397
    @giuseppebonsignore4397 Жыл бұрын

    Reading Bukowski made me understand what true writing is. Difficult to put it in words but when you read it you know it's the thing. And art appart, his stories are so fun and so bright, great guy

  • @Graanvlok

    @Graanvlok

    Жыл бұрын

    Hemingway got it.

  • @nikolausgerszewski2086

    @nikolausgerszewski2086

    Жыл бұрын

    I doubt that - you understand what 'true writing' is. this is just phony. there is no honesty in it.

  • @Samuel-oq8gn

    @Samuel-oq8gn

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@nikolausgerszewski2086 Ach there's honesty even in the Ach I wrote through text Everything is honesty, even if linked and chained by lies and whatnot, it conducts to the same person, to the same mind. Fuck all and have a beer is what I think, that could cheer people up. Introduce more syncopation in our mainstream music.

  • @giuseppebonsignore4397

    @giuseppebonsignore4397

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nikolausgerszewski2086 what do you mean genius? What are you talking about?

  • @nikolausgerszewski2086

    @nikolausgerszewski2086

    Жыл бұрын

    @@giuseppebonsignore4397 this is all just bragging and boasting and judging without any basis. Lowry is obviously a way better writer, or as I would rather say: a writer at all. Bukowsky is just boulevard.

  • @ochubacollins3181
    @ochubacollins31817 ай бұрын

    So this is why I like Bukowski's style, I've been trying to figure it out. I summed it up as its simplicity but now I'm seeing this I understand. The juice. He has it in his sentences. Its direct. Sometimes there's no need for all the extra things.

  • @Shagamaw-100

    @Shagamaw-100

    22 күн бұрын

    The answer is simple. You just didn't realize it at first. So now you do!

  • @RWSCOTT
    @RWSCOTT Жыл бұрын

    agree 100%. so many modern writers just seem to try to wrack up pages, like if it's not a 1000 page book, you did something wrong.

  • @unfortunatebeam

    @unfortunatebeam

    Жыл бұрын

    And who's gonna read a 1000 page book these days except the kind of sophistic snobs who write them in the first place.

  • @BriantWebster

    @BriantWebster

    Жыл бұрын

    agree

  • @bigape5502

    @bigape5502

    Жыл бұрын

    Old timey writers were arguably worse with writing filler. Even the great Tolkien, you can cut entire sentences out of a page without changing any information passed on to the reader.

  • @kilianlang3316

    @kilianlang3316

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bigape5502 I'd say you can cut entire pages...

  • @silversnail1413

    @silversnail1413

    2 ай бұрын

    Genre authors who write fantasy and sci-fi are bad with that. They complain about not being taken seriously by the literary establishment but bloat their books with so much meaningless drivel and pointless world building. A lot of them should just stick to playing D&D instead of writing novels.

  • @scottwebster695
    @scottwebster695 Жыл бұрын

    Tom Waits music at the end was a nice touch.

  • @freakingevilgenius

    @freakingevilgenius

    Жыл бұрын

    What song is it?

  • @Southsayer.

    @Southsayer.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@freakingevilgenius The song is called Tom Traubert's Blues by Tom Waits

  • @freakingevilgenius

    @freakingevilgenius

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Southsayer. Thanks, mate. I've only recently started getting into Tom Waits and I'm now a fan.

  • @Southsayer.

    @Southsayer.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@freakingevilgenius You're welcome!

  • @Natedawg38
    @Natedawg38 Жыл бұрын

    Great ending to a great video. Man was real and very very cool.

  • @ronmackinnon9374

    @ronmackinnon9374

    Жыл бұрын

    'We're tough men together, through the horrors of life.' [Clink] 🍻

  • @inveteratecrusader4882
    @inveteratecrusader4882 Жыл бұрын

    The essence of American writing

  • @engery213

    @engery213

    Жыл бұрын

    the essence of chatting shite

  • @pedromorais6826

    @pedromorais6826

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes: not very great.

  • @OneHundredPercent-100
    @OneHundredPercent-100 Жыл бұрын

    Hank had a calm psychosis about him. His words more so. A great writer of poetry and prose.

  • @yushamush9849
    @yushamush9849 Жыл бұрын

    I keep seeing this clip over and over again

  • @CastleHassall
    @CastleHassall Жыл бұрын

    He really lit up when he started talking about the process of writing bless him.. i like how he got fed up with the analytical but dead host

  • @eugeneslaven9291
    @eugeneslaven9291 Жыл бұрын

    "If you write dull shit, it doesn't matter what you die from." This is infinitely wise.

  • @danstella6996

    @danstella6996

    Жыл бұрын

    If you write good shit, it doesn’t matter what you die from. He was just being a disrespectful jackass.

  • @terrysmith4889

    @terrysmith4889

    Жыл бұрын

    you are infinitely gullible. that is a profoundly stupid thing to say. for Gods sake just think about it.

  • @Tarantula33222
    @Tarantula3322211 ай бұрын

    If you are unfamiliar with Bukowski's work. He wrote several novels and several collections of poems. One of my favorite poems is The Man With The Beautiful Eyes. There's a great narration/animation of it on KZread

  • @LinkEX

    @LinkEX

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the recommendation, I'll check that one out.

  • @duanekilgore9130
    @duanekilgore9130 Жыл бұрын

    So real and authentic. Love this guy would pay to have a beer with him.

  • @WastingTime1878
    @WastingTime1878 Жыл бұрын

    I agree a hundred percent. I find myself being bored to death when the writers spend time beating about the bush with exaggerated phrases to describe a simple thing to sound more profound.

  • @ryanlynch290

    @ryanlynch290

    Жыл бұрын

    @Nazara R That's not what Mukul said though.

  • @ryanlynch290

    @ryanlynch290

    Жыл бұрын

    There's this idea of being a writer-- it's a certain pretentiousness that goes with it, grand entrances and gestures. Vocabulary words to create a mirage of intellect. It's pompous and ever so boring. Write like you've lived.

  • @Hashpotato

    @Hashpotato

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ryanlynch290 💯 nothing but facts

  • @MrBandini27

    @MrBandini27

    Жыл бұрын

    I highly recommand Paul Auster. Though I think most of you probaby know him. His writing is, at least to me, the way Bukowski describes the "Bim-Bim-Bim effect". Sure, he doesn't write about the stuff Buk did. But that doesn't matter. It's simply great writing.

  • @mrpussinboots4252

    @mrpussinboots4252

    11 ай бұрын

    @@MrBandini27 bim bim bim 😂😂😂

  • @benified6920
    @benified6920 Жыл бұрын

    i love the story he tells about the guy who pulled a gun on him at that apartment party

  • @eternaldoorman5228
    @eternaldoorman5228 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely priceless! Thanks!❤

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 Жыл бұрын

    still love your work!!

  • @wolfwilliams
    @wolfwilliams Жыл бұрын

    'Under the Volcano' is a dull read, but Hank's a poet applying poetic judgment to literary prose. He sounds like a poet looking for like effects in all the prose he tried to read. There's a place for rapid-fire, rat-a-tat-tat writing, but that's what '40s detective noir novels were for (and some others, of course). 'Dull' doesn't equate to 'bed' if by 'dull' the critic means 'It didn't snap and crackle like a poem.'

  • @kallenijs

    @kallenijs

    Жыл бұрын

    well in this comment every line holds its own so if you can apply it to youtube comments, writers can apply it to southern porch verandas.

  • @unfortunatebeam

    @unfortunatebeam

    Жыл бұрын

    Equate to "bed" who even said that? And as if the style of prose he's describing is exclusive to 40s noir novels. Hes 100% correct about literary fiction being (mostly) boring.

  • @oinkooink

    @oinkooink

    Жыл бұрын

    Dostoyevsky was wordy and highly detailed but boy his books are damn good reads. They don't exactly bim bim bim. Crime and Punishment was a ripper book.

  • @sunkintree

    @sunkintree

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oedipamaas2067 It's really only boring for people with defective brains. It's like people who think classical music is suppose to relax you or help you fall asleep

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the insight I was waiting to read. My first thought was he was applying poetry to novels, but I didn't have the rest of it. Thank you.

  • @eoinbrennan3949
    @eoinbrennan3949 Жыл бұрын

    "There is nothing new under the sun, its all been done before" -King Solomon

  • @redsol3629

    @redsol3629

    Жыл бұрын

    Not in the same way, once you choose to pursue ceativity, you join a fraternity of similar creators. They influence us as we will the ones who come after.

  • @metsrus

    @metsrus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@redsol3629 I think create is a misnomer. What we term create is just us assembling and re-arranging preexisting ideas that are we taught. As someone said before, there is no original or unique idea.

  • @redsol3629

    @redsol3629

    Жыл бұрын

    @Abe McGee Just because something is built on the foundation of history does not mean it is not unique. You speak like someone who has never created anything. There is something intangible the new apprentice brings to the craft. His own spirit and sovereignty as an individual.

  • @metsrus

    @metsrus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@redsol3629 "There is something intangible the new apprentice brings to the craft. His own spirit and sovereignty as an individual." That intangible is still not unique, for the individual has long been shaped by the ideas of his environment. stick an individual in a room devoid of any knowledge or experience from birth, the first idea he comes up would be more original than anything the so called creators you speak of, can come up with.

  • @redsol3629

    @redsol3629

    Жыл бұрын

    @Abe McGee Ah yes the empty room argument, your point collapses on itself with that perspective. You argue that artists move things around, yet you put your example in a room with no pieces. Are you a creator?

  • @crazyandcurious2585
    @crazyandcurious2585 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview.

  • @Zebred2001
    @Zebred2001 Жыл бұрын

    Be nice if the interviewer had the presence of mind to ask Bukowski who he thought were good or even great writers (present company excepted)!

  • @ttakamiorama
    @ttakamiorama Жыл бұрын

    This is so cool. Honestly I thought there was something wrong with me that I couldn’t get with the kinds of writing that he was criticizing and that I could only keep my interest with writers who do bim bim bim. Nathaniel West comes to mind as one of my favorites who totally exudes that style in Miss Lonelyhearts. So glad I came across this!!

  • @mrpussinboots4252

    @mrpussinboots4252

    11 ай бұрын

    Misused exudes.. pick up a dictionary

  • @PerfectHandProductions
    @PerfectHandProductions Жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic.

  • @Southsayer.

    @Southsayer.

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks.Check out my channel and subscribe for more

  • @sarahs5340
    @sarahs5340 Жыл бұрын

    I must be living on a different level because life continues to surprise me even in late middle age. I learn and grow every month, sometimes even in the space of a week! But times are different.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm 84 and feel the same. I sit down to play music, and something different comes out every time. It's not all worthy, but the search is worth the effort.

  • @honban

    @honban

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farshimelt I agree. I love Bukowski and his writing played a major role in my life, but there is more too it than described in this one perspective.

  • @IosifDrovin
    @IosifDrovin Жыл бұрын

    0:08 "Why, you have have a nice wife?" Wow, I didn't know Borat Sagdiyev actually got to interview Bukowski

  • @teodelnorte
    @teodelnorte Жыл бұрын

    Jack Kerouac also thought the same about writing. Every line must full of life

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes there's a gap between what should be and what is.

  • @jessestinkman
    @jessestinkman Жыл бұрын

    "sir how do i write" "bimbimbim" "cool but sir how do i write" "i throw up on the floor!" "mr. bim how the fuck do i write"

  • @BookClubDisaster
    @BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

    He's a tired old drunk but he's right. If you're doing everything to set up a climax, no one will even care about it if you've bored them along the way to get there.

  • @davy_K
    @davy_K Жыл бұрын

    His writing is lively all right. Really easy to read. Quite like Hemmingway. Short punchy sentences. Sterling Hayden's autobiography was similar.

  • @hermanhandbrush4402
    @hermanhandbrush4402 Жыл бұрын

    It seems "Mr. McGillicuddy" is translated as "Meneer Huppeldepup" a 2:54

  • @kumarparth2828
    @kumarparth282810 ай бұрын

    We couldn't hear to Dostoevsky, but Bukowski is there to fill that gap

  • @alanna4858
    @alanna4858 Жыл бұрын

    Love him roasting this man’s death hahaha

  • @jonvia
    @jonvia8 ай бұрын

    I always click on Charles' interviews. He doesnt hold back on his opinions like most are afraid to do, especially in the entertainment world.

  • @Dreamcorp.Inc.
    @Dreamcorp.Inc. Жыл бұрын

    His approach to writing can and should be applied to any creative medium.

  • @b_delta9725

    @b_delta9725

    Жыл бұрын

    not really. that'd make things just as dull. you can pick up art you like that follows other structures, because art is about your own expression. even dull art can be called art because it came from a dull person expressing their dull feelings on a canvas.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    @@b_delta9725 It's not the "approach" that would be dull, it's the result that may be dull. That depends on the insight and skill of the artist. Artist as in all forms of artistic expression.

  • @Brad_Pittstop
    @Brad_Pittstop Жыл бұрын

    The Belgian reporter interviewing Charles, was Fernand Auwera (1929-2015), this interview was taken in 1980, my year of birth by the way. Fernand was a brilliant, yet troubled mind. Same goes for Bukowski, probably why Charles liked Fernand so much.

  • @crypthor2008
    @crypthor2008 Жыл бұрын

    is totally true what he says, i feel it in my own writings and lyrics, i see and feel the difference when you put the juice on it

  • @MaxShoham
    @MaxShoham Жыл бұрын

    the end of this video is so awesome

  • @krel3358
    @krel3358 Жыл бұрын

    The professional drunk line is my favourite and most savage and hysterical comment ever made on this planet. You died choking on your own vomit? Amatuer! What you do after a big drink is position your head over the bed so you vomit on the floor, fucking idiot!. What a glorious person and i like his wit as it feels half serious. If you are going to be a fuck up in life and do stupid things like drugs or alcohol abuse, you better have some sort of plan in place on how to deal with that stuff and not just go into it willy nilly.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    Until you experience the experience you don't know what plan you need.

  • @johnisaacdavey
    @johnisaacdavey Жыл бұрын

    I fully agree with Charles about every line needing its own life.

  • @ricardovosse3841
    @ricardovosse3841 Жыл бұрын

    Most celebrities emerge from Borat interviews looking ridiculous. Not Charles. CLASS act ❤

  • @carlofiorletta
    @carlofiorletta Жыл бұрын

    pace, life, sunlight, flavor, , delicious, juice such direct wisdom

  • @Hottub111
    @Hottub111 Жыл бұрын

    Great clip/ thx

  • @Southsayer.

    @Southsayer.

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @Trainee_vandal
    @Trainee_vandal Жыл бұрын

    Holy Bukowski…reading his books its like talking with him…lucky interviewer.

  • @sudeshkiriella-sc4wq
    @sudeshkiriella-sc4wq Жыл бұрын

    "" Enjoy this man. Forget this interview. "" ❤❤

  • @mdtys
    @mdtys Жыл бұрын

    love his voice

  • @oinkooink
    @oinkooink Жыл бұрын

    Ham on Rye was a seriously page turning book. Really good reading.

  • @buschovski1

    @buschovski1

    Жыл бұрын

    It is. I read it a few times a long time ago.

  • @Steven-uh7lx

    @Steven-uh7lx

    Жыл бұрын

    Post Office is amazing, too.

  • @Voodoochil111111
    @Voodoochil111111 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the Tom Waits at the end.

  • @Dpunxxx

    @Dpunxxx

    Жыл бұрын

    Waltzing matilda

  • @tcrijwanachoudhury
    @tcrijwanachoudhury Жыл бұрын

    As an english major I have such mixed feelings about what I'm hearing.. But I'm dropping out so I guess in the end he must have some kind of point lol This killed me 3:55 💀💀

  • @TheManodeep

    @TheManodeep

    Жыл бұрын

    as a person who dropped out of english masters, I approve.

  • @mirouu13

    @mirouu13

    Жыл бұрын

    Same thoughts and feelings

  • @tcrijwanachoudhury

    @tcrijwanachoudhury

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheManodeep sending hugs ♡

  • @bobpowers9637

    @bobpowers9637

    Жыл бұрын

    Dropping out of post secondary isn’t a bad thing. Just keep busy work or volunteering. Bim bim bim

  • @tcrijwanachoudhury

    @tcrijwanachoudhury

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bobpowers9637 ty ♡

  • @howlinberry1645
    @howlinberry16452 ай бұрын

    I love this man

  • @sivazona44
    @sivazona44 Жыл бұрын

    jesus I'm 25 and it's been like this since forever. idk how did this come up to me?????

  • @infinitejest441
    @infinitejest441 Жыл бұрын

    In the movie “Barfly”, Mickey Roarke had a blast playing this character

  • @stojannikolov4340
    @stojannikolov4340 Жыл бұрын

    Yesterday I wrote some beautiful poetry: bim bim bim bim bim bim bim bim bim bim bim bim

  • @kickliquid
    @kickliquid Жыл бұрын

    as I get older this unfortunately speaks to me in a very profound way

  • @kendrickjahn1261
    @kendrickjahn1261 Жыл бұрын

    I definitely relate to his sentiment on things taking on a repeat. I'm already tired of life in my 40's.

  • @posteroonie

    @posteroonie

    Жыл бұрын

    I like the Alan Watts quote "The meaning of life is just to be alive."

  • @blaccomnia7680

    @blaccomnia7680

    Жыл бұрын

    Feeling like this in my mid 20s as well.

  • @farshimelt

    @farshimelt

    Жыл бұрын

    I follow Ezra Pounds dictum; "Make it new." No matter how many times I play a piece of music, I'm always listening for the one phrase that will lead me somewhere different, or a "mistake" that will send me in a different direction.

  • @kendrickjahn1261

    @kendrickjahn1261

    Жыл бұрын

    @George Neidorf Yeah, that's good. I am trying to do that myself. I realize that even in the mundane existence of repetition, there are some gems within it if I pay attention enough.

  • @mikehemens9359

    @mikehemens9359

    Жыл бұрын

    Get a dirt bike.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge Жыл бұрын

    Too leisurely For you. And probably too leisurely for most of the people in the world today thanks to social media. Every sentence doesn't have to explode with greatness. That's silly and illogical. A sentence is a part of a bigger whole And the combination of 3 or 4 sentences can have an impact And there's another concept called delaying gratification so that your pay off. Is greater. But what do I know? This guy has ADD and everyone else is supposed to write an entire novel with one sentence every time.

  • @CounterNerd
    @CounterNerd Жыл бұрын

    For anyone wondering, the song at the end is "Waltzing Matilda" performed by Tom Waits.

  • @matthewmclaughlin4787

    @matthewmclaughlin4787

    5 күн бұрын

    Tom Traubert's Blues. (But you're right about the melody - it's based on the 'unofficial anthem of Australia' Waltzing Matilda).

  • @buddhalochanna
    @buddhalochanna Жыл бұрын

    Well said, well said, well said.

  • @depotemkin
    @depotemkin Жыл бұрын

    Буковски - это автор для особого настроения, но я бы не назвал его слишком "грязным", потому что в его описаниях есть своеобразная поэтичность

  • @readmelancholystrumpetmaster
    @readmelancholystrumpetmaster3 ай бұрын

    The music that comes through at the end when Bukowski gives up the axe is almost comical.

  • @TByronK
    @TByronK Жыл бұрын

    Charles Bukowski was all about the harsh truth most of the time, but he had a Poet's heart and sometimes a flower bloomed out of that mire. What he is talking about here is a good contrast between poetry and prose really, but there are boring poets too of course.

  • @eltoneagle8136
    @eltoneagle8136 Жыл бұрын

    The man was a genius RIP 🙏

  • @heyyo162
    @heyyo162Ай бұрын

    Repeatition in itself does not make life tiresome. This morning, I had my 7000th coffee. Not less delightful than my 100th. But if Im tired of life, if doesnt matter if it was my first ever sip, I wouldnt appreciate it enough. Repeatition is life, and if you enjoy life, you will look forward to repeating what makes it worthwhile.

  • @geoffroymb
    @geoffroymb Жыл бұрын

    0:22 I like how the interviewers must think he's asking if the filming has ended or ssomething while he's just making his point

  • @cervgiovanni
    @cervgiovanni Жыл бұрын

    Tough men together, through the horrors of Life

  • @WowJustWow37
    @WowJustWow37 Жыл бұрын

    There was a bar in Boston named after this genius. One of the best burgers I’ve ever had. Wonder if it’s still there?

  • @Max-kw2hp

    @Max-kw2hp

    4 күн бұрын

    He died 30 years ago

  • @RoyMustang.
    @RoyMustang. Жыл бұрын

    Incredible

  • @geedee7463
    @geedee7463 Жыл бұрын

    We're tough men TOGETHER through the HORRORS of LIFE

  • @scottbebe2310
    @scottbebe2310 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks friend

  • @thepolymathmafia.
    @thepolymathmafia. Жыл бұрын

    Legend ❤

  • @indepthliterature
    @indepthliterature Жыл бұрын

    The bim bim bim technique is good sometimes but not always. Thomas wolfe was not a bim bim writer and I love him but I also love bukowskis minimalism

  • @ronmackinnon9374

    @ronmackinnon9374

    Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what he thought of Kerouac, who also seemed to be striving for that style, with every line needing to be alive on its own.

  • @indepthliterature

    @indepthliterature

    Жыл бұрын

    @ronmackinnon9374 Kerouac was rather prosaic and experimental though which seems more of a contrast to bim bim style but good question

  • @unfortunatebeam

    @unfortunatebeam

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@indepthliteratureIn what sense do you mean prosaic?

  • @indepthliterature

    @indepthliterature

    Жыл бұрын

    @unfortunatebeam by prosaic I mean epic, grandioise and poetic. Much different technique than bukowski. Not that bukowski wasn't poetic but he definitely wasn't grandiose or epic lol

  • @BoloBouncer

    @BoloBouncer

    Жыл бұрын

    Wolfe was at his best when he went full bim with his philosophical deep dives. Those moments were always better than his often plodding scenes. The intro lines to Look Homeward, Angel are brilliant. But then the story begins, and it's just ok.

  • @brevenbell
    @brevenbell5 ай бұрын

    I love you, Henry

  • @roddyboethius1722
    @roddyboethius1722 Жыл бұрын

    Refreshing

  • @thesecret111
    @thesecret111 Жыл бұрын

    In perceived many here at coment session never read Charles Bukowski because they're talking non-sense shit. bukowlski was very famous even from his time, and an excellent writer who catch you in every line of his books. Read the book first folks and comment later, trust me it will be worthy

  • @perrytornado
    @perrytornadoАй бұрын

    This doesn't apply only to writers/ If you're not enthused, then it's not your vocation in life and you will be bored and boring/ You motivate yourself to work a job and the motivations are always fear and greed/ Hence, we are handicapped by the complications or complexities of conventional economics/ Job and opportunity do not belong in the same sentence/ A job is not a profession/

  • @andreasvedeler80
    @andreasvedeler80 Жыл бұрын

    "Things repeating" = "Tired of myself"

  • @endtimestcg5146
    @endtimestcg5146 Жыл бұрын

    I believe you Charles!

  • @engery213

    @engery213

    Жыл бұрын

    i dont man died before he could get his vape juice that he wanted since it wasnt out then lol

  • @colingram8785
    @colingram8785 Жыл бұрын

    Bukowski, hahaha. This was great, explaining how to vomit properly as a 'professional drunk'. Can't help but smile at that

  • @dorianphilotheates3769
    @dorianphilotheates3769Ай бұрын

    EPITATH: Charles Bukowski (1920 -1994) - he “died of alcohol” but he “left some words behind”.

  • @kilgoretrout321
    @kilgoretrout321 Жыл бұрын

    I'm not a fan of Bukowski, but truly, most good novels would make great novellas! There's an unnecessary 25% that assures the consumer they are getting good value for the money. I had to laugh when he described how authors create anticipation for moments they never deliver; this is more and more the norm. Luckily the market is transparent: "important"-issues-based fiction rarely has a story that is new, and the writing is mostly boilerplate. The best I can do is tread the Best Of lists and read the first few paragraphs of books. Great writing or an interesting twist is immediately apparent. I also read recommendations on forums, and I go through the canon and read The Great Books.

  • @Dexiray
    @Dexiray6 ай бұрын

    The way he talks man, it's just something else. "Oh that's ookaaaay..."

  • @georgevidovich8881
    @georgevidovich8881 Жыл бұрын

    Words of truth

  • @DreamDosage
    @DreamDosage Жыл бұрын

    Flavor and Power baby!

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