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[last lines] Henry Chinaski:
[voiceover]
If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is
[voiceover]
If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is
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If you are going to try go all the way
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Otherwise don't even start
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This could mean losing girlfriends wives relatives jobs
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And maybe your mind
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It could mean not eating for three or four days
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It could mean freezing on a park bench
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It could mean jail
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It could mean mockery isolation
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Isolation is the gift All the others are a test of your endurance
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Of how much you really want to do it And you'll do it despite rejection
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And it will be better than anything else you can imagine
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If you're going to try go all the way
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There is no other feeling like that You will be alone with the gods
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And the nights will flame with fire
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Movie Summary
This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere with his primary interest, which is writing. Along t
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Henry Chinaski
Hank Chinaski