A Quote by Charles Bukowski

What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

Charles Bukowski

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Charles Bukowski
American - Novelist
August 16, 1920 - March 9, 1994

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