" When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity. ― Charles Bukowski, Women (: Ecco; Reprint edition, February 27, 2007) Originally published 1978. "
― Charles Bukowski , Women