'If we outlawed everything that drove men mad, the whole social structure would drop out. ' -Charles Bukowski
The "laureate of American lowlife," German-American writer Charles Bukowski made a name for himself writing about the working poor, using as his backdrop his home city of Los Angeles. In his lifetime, his work was rarely acknowledged in academic circles, and he generally only published his work in small literary journals and with independent publishing houses. Today's quote comes from his short story, "A Bad Trip," published in Tales of Ordinary Madness.
