All Jerzy Kosinski Quotes
- In London, the weather would affect me negatively. I react strongly to light. If it is cloudy and raining, there are clouds and rain in… Affect
- Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership. Apprehensive
- Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit card changed the shape of life in the United States. America
- I do not gather things, I prefer to rent them rather than to possess them. Funny
- In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter. Apparent
- And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you… Alert
- 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. Artificial
- I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity Bit
- It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself. Consciousness
- 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… Always Want
- - Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long… All
- Life is a state of mind. Life
- Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?" - from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird Any
- I always have a sense of trembling, but so does a compass, after all. All
- When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely. Act
- I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves. Discover
- Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self. Each
- Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life. Conditions
- There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant. Action
- I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening. Evening
- As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be sure if one will awake. The way my health is… Awake
- I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I am an inexpensive guest. When one lives in another's home… Enjoy