The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life away to a function that doesn’t interest you. This situation so repelled me that I was driven to drink, starvation, and mad females, simply as an alternative.
Sunlight Here I Am: Interviews & Encounters 1963-1993, 2003 [Charles Bukowski] (via cuckoocuckoo) (via charlesbukowski)
This is how I feel, and one of the many reasons I am majoring in English (you know, besides the fact that I enjoy writing and practically devour books). I have no intentions on studying something solely for ”career” purposes, because “careers” are bullshit. I just want to live, and make enough to pay rent and survive.