Factotum (1981) (edit title/settings)

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• Henry Chinaski: Add a description of this character.
• Laura
• Wilbur
• Grace
• Jerry
• Willie
• Gertrude
• Tommy
• Bobby
• Hank
• Carmen
• Mary Lou
• Smithson
• Danny
• Manny
• Darlene
• Belger
• Mrs. Adams
• Paul
• Larabee
• Hugh
• Billy

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• “Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.”

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• How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock, leap out of bed, dress, force-feed, shit, piss, brush teeth and hair, and fight traffic to get to a place where essentially you made lots of money for somebody else and were asked to be grateful for the opportunity to do so?

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• “People don’t need love. What they need is success in one form or another. It can be love but it needn’t be.”

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• Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.

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• Once you realized that everything was a hoax you got wise and began to bleed and burn your fellow man.

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• I was a man who thrived on solitude; without it I was like another man without food or water. Each day without solitude weakened me. I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it.

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• For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter.

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• “Manny, what are you doing working in auto parts?” “Resting. My ambition is handicapped by laziness.”

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• That’s when I first learned that it wasn’t enough to just do your job, you had to have an interest in it, even a passion for it.

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• Nothing is worse than to finish a good shit, then reach over and find the toilet paper container empty. Even the most horrible human being on earth deserves to wipe his ass.

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• “Have you ever been in love?” “Love is for real people.” “You sound real.” “I dislike real people.” “You dislike them?” “I hate them.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Los Angeles
• New York
• Los Alamitos

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Charles Bukowski (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 818'.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Movements & Periods › Beat Generation
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( B ) › Bukowski, Charles
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Factotum (IMDb): 2005, starring Mat Dillon