Jerzy Kosinski Quotes about Literature

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

Literature, Social, Company

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

Writing, New Relationship, Literature

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

Literature, Action, Type

Jerzy Kosinski (2012). “Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller: Kosinski as Storyteller”, p.270, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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

Literature, Littles, Inspired

Jerzy Kosinski (2012). “Oral Pleasure: Kosinski as Storyteller: Kosinski as Storyteller”, p.271, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.

Literature, Moments, Photograph

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited number of persons with whom he can hold a conversation.

Numbers, Literature, Forums

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Comfort, Literature, Physical Attraction

I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel.

Writing, Use, Literature

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.

Sex, Roles, Literature

There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.

Punishment, Withdrawal, Literature