Charles BukowskiThere is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets.. . when you leave your typewriter you leave your machine gun and the rats come pouring through.
About This Quote
The great writer has to be alone. No one can see the ideas as he is writing them down. Only he can know what is going on inside his head. This quote shows how important it is to be silent and alone as you write your book. It also shows how important it is to have a typewriter that has a machine gun on it so that the rats cannot harm you.
Source: Notes Of A Dirty Old Man
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