
— Charles Bukowski US-amerikanischer Dichter und Schriftsteller 1920 - 1994
"Du machst es, wie du eine Fliege killst: mit links", Charles Bukowski 439 Gedichte. Zweitausendeins-Taschenbuch Nr.2, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86150-902-8. Seite 53.
Original englisch: "Bach, I said, he had 20 children.// he played the horses during the day.// he fucked at night// and drank in the morning.// he wrote music in between.// at least that's what I told her// when she asked me,// when do you do your writing?" - you do it while you're killing flies. In: what matters most is how well you walk through the fire. New York HarperCollins, 2002. p. 133