I came across an article

"             6 things I've leaned from Charles Bukowski
              By James Althucher

Charles Bukowski was disgusting, his actual real fiction is awful, he's been called a misogynist, overly simplistic, the worst narcissist, (and probably all of the above are true to an extent) and whenever there's a collection of "Greatest American Writers" he's never included.
And yet... he's probably the greatest American writer ever. Whether you've read him or not, and most have not, there's 6 things worthy of learning from an artist like Bukoswski.
I consider “Ham on Rye” by Bukowski probably the greatest American novel ever written.  It’s an autobiographical novel (as are all his novels except “Pulp” which is so awful it’s unreadable) about his childhood, being beaten by his parents, avoiding war, and beginning his life of destitution, hardship, alcoholism, and the beginnings of his education as a writer.
I’m almost embarrassed to admit he’s an influence. Many people hate him and I’m much more afraid of being judged than he ever was.
(if you're interested here is the rests of it: http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2011/10/6-things-i-learned-from-charles-bukowski/)           "

and it made me start thinking about how many people hate him. and how i don't know those people lol, but i will one day.
it's stupid.
how can you not like him just because he's done terrible things? we've all done terrible things. It bothers me that someone like Paul McCartney, who was insanely possessive and obsessed with his image can be held up on a pedestal because he wrote songs where happiness bursted at the seams, but here we have an honest raw man and all we're going to do is label him an asshole? !
And I don't think doing a terrible thing takes away from how great his work is. In fact, I think it makes him all the more interesting. Maybe these terrible acts have opened a window most of us keep closed.

That being said, I don't see the Beatles as rainbows and peace signs anymore. I see them as dreamers. I still love them very much, just in a different way.

People forget that it's possible to love people in parts. I love people in parts all the time. We all do, I think. We are nothing more and nothing less than what we choose to show. I don't know why I put that there. I'm just going to confuse myself. I am confused now guys.It's great.

I like reading summaries of people. They're funny and bias sometimes and that's what makes them even funnier. I don't trust summaries.

Let's see what modest mouse thinks of all this:

“We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.”

“You have to die a few times before you can really
live.”

thought vomit:

E: "so what are you?"

I forgot her name: "Capricorn."

E: oh, that's cool.

Ifhn: "Yeah, we're like the most hated of the zodiac. People think we're snobby and distant, but it just takes us a longer time to open up. "

I freaking love every single sign on the zodiac scale. I really do. 

or maybe I just love people and this is nice way to do something. I'm not sure what.

I think every sign on the zodiac scale has something they can be immensely proud of.

I wish I could be all things (I'd want to return to myself at the end of the day though).

I think my most wanted wish is the ability to be quiet and anti-social because then I could have a really special friendship with someone who was quiet too and we didn't have to say much, but somehow somehow we'd get along really well. I'm jealous of relationships like that. I have to talk. Nah, not jealous. Just intrigued.

I played uno with the wallflower in gym today. Once, I asked him why he never played any sports and he didn't respond to me. I thought that was cool. I asked him randomly if he wanted to play Uno with me because all the other guys were playing soccer, and he just nodded his head and sat down. He uses gestures to communicate a lot. I ended up winning the game lol. I thought about letting him win. I think I wanted to let him win so badly because he always has his head down, but let's face it: I'm pretty competitve when it comes to silly games lol (like thumb war and stuff).