I've been re-reading a bit of Bukowski this week. His writing is so direct and free from moralising and sappy reflections. It feels like as the reader, he doesn't feel the need to explain himself all the time. He gives you credit for being an intelligent, thoughtful person, and so rather than justifying all the things he's saying, he just tells you them as they are and lets you make up your own mind about what you think about them. I think I learnt something about that while doing the pod this week.