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32 quotes by Jerzy Kosinski

Jerzy Kosiński (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ kɔˈɕiɲskʲi]; June 14, 1933 – May 3, 1991), born Józef Lewinkopf, was an award-winning Polish-American novelist and two-time President of the American Chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English. Born in Poland, he survived World War II and as a young man emigrated to America, where he became a citizen. He was known for various novels, among them The Painted Bird (1965) and Being There...
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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.

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

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And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss... →

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

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

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

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Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

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

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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... →

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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 waste of time.

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

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

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A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

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