If I had been born a woman I would certainly have been a prostitute.
Since I had been born a man, I craved women constantly, the lower
the better. And yet women - good women - frightened me because they
eventually wanted your soul, and what was left of mine. I wanted
to keep. Basically I craved prostitutes, base women, because they
were deadly and hard and made no personal demands. Nothing was lost
when they left. Yet at the same time I yearned for a gentle, good
woman, despite the overwhelming price. Either way I was lost.
A strong man would give up both. I wasn't strong. So I continued
to struggle with women, with the idea of women.
Charles Bukowski, Women, 1978
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