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Notes of a Dirty Old Man Quotes

The public takes from a writer, or a writing, what it needs and lets the remainder go. but what they take is usually what they need least and what they let go is what they need most.

Source:(City Lights Books, ed. 1973), Page 163
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Charles Bukowski (Notes of a Dirty Old Man Quotes)
  • Book: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
  • Writer: Charles Bukowski
  • Genre: Short Stories, Poetry
  • Published: 1969
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