I can't remember the context of the quote well enough - but I wonder if he was writing about the same moment.
It was something about a guy complaining that Bukowski had misrepresented a moment between them in an earlier work to which Bukowski simply acknowledges as essentially correct, but that - he is the hero of his shit.
If you remember the doc it'd be great to know what it is. I would love to see the live action complement to that moment.
All good. If you haven't seen it, the movie version of Ask The Dust by John Fante (one of Bukowskis idols) was also enlightening. There's a lot of attention being paid to the novels in this thread. His most impactful stuff was the poetry, though. Novels paid the bills, AFAIU.
It was something about a guy complaining that Bukowski had misrepresented a moment between them in an earlier work to which Bukowski simply acknowledges as essentially correct, but that - he is the hero of his shit.
If you remember the doc it'd be great to know what it is. I would love to see the live action complement to that moment.