Artificial Night: Make Them Smoke

04 June 2009

Make Them Smoke

Before I give the final installment (Part VI) of my Bukowski excerpts, I thought I'd share this amazing find--Peanuts as written by Charles Bukowski:

There's a bunch of these floating around, and while I can't find the original source, it's just too fucking classic to pass up.

Anyway, here's the final excerpt. I hope everyone who has been following these, writer or not, has gotten something out of them. I know I have. Enjoy:

For my own writing, I like to watch the boxing matches, watch how the left jab is used, the overhand right, the left hook, the uppercut, the counter punch. I like to watch them dig in, come off the canvas. There is something to be learned, something to be applied to the art of writing, the way of writing. You have just one chance and then it's gone. There are only pages left, you might as well make them smoke.

More soon.

JS

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