While I wouldn’t call myself a fan of Bukowski’s work — having only read his novel, Women, with mixed feelings — it’s always interesting to hear lauded writers’ takes on matters of the heart.  The infamous author, known for his boozing and womanizing, probably wouldn’t be the best subject to ask about romantic feelings, but nevertheless, an interviewer asked and Bukowski delivered, explaining what love is the only way he knew how — in a bleak, poetic manner. The author opined that “Love is kind of like when you see a fog in the morning, when you wake up before the sun comes out. It’s just a little while, and then it burns away.  Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.” Watch the clip below, in which the author lights-up a smoke before expressing his belief of love’s rapid fade.

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