All Jerzy Kosinski Quotes
- My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough… Action
- I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a… Action
- Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time. Cities
- 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. Find
- Chance was to work in the garden, where he would care for plants and grasses and trees which grew there peacefully. He would be as… Care
- Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the person. He added nothing to photography as a medium. I… Added
- The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. Accept
- Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort. Any
- I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me. Act
- I suppress in my prose any language which calls attention to itself. Any
- If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one. Company
- A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease in which life, including sexual life, could be carried on,… Carried
- A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life. Applies
- Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this condition as long as the individual is not sentenced to… American
- 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… Abundant
- Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky. Going Around
- It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with everyone, which means with no one. Cocktail
- I don't fret over lost time - I can always use the situations in a novel. Always Use
- 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… Average
- It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life. American
- Take a look at the books other people have in their homes. Book
- There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital. Capital
- The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. Art
- The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. Architecture
- I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art. Art