Jerzy Kosinski Quotes

Here was one place where I could find out who I was and what I was going to become. And that was the public library.

Life is a state of mind.

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all.

She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its perpetual decay, death, and rebirth; illicit and clashing with the human world.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them.

There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

You don't die in the United States, you underachieve.

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

Take whatever you can from others, and when there is nothing left, forget about them.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

I write for a certain sphere of readers in the United States who on average watch seven and a half hours of multichannel television per day.

Like nature, our economic system remains, in the long run, stable and rational...We welcome the inevitable seasons of our economy! How foolish of us.

I am curious about grownups, not children.

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening.

It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself.

I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.