Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosinski
Jerzy Kosiński, 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 the U.S., where he became a citizen...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 June 1933
CountryPoland
Jerzy Kosinski quotes about
destiny sick house
The popular culture says . . . Do what you do, your life is predestined, like the installment plan on your house. There's not much you can do about it. Make your payments, live it, get sick, die, don't make any trouble. It is the Master Charge of destiny. Try to get your high credit rating.
veils rooms helping
[Nabokov's] language is made visible . . . like a veil or transparent curtain. You cannot help seeing the curtain as you peek into the intimate rooms behind.
running long welcome
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.
father real sleep
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 now, this is becoming more and more real.
rain light weather
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 my soul.
loneliness being-alone gathering
Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.
self shells lovers
Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.
order self pushing
I was pushing myself to extremes in order to discover my many selves.
boys imagination bird
Can the imagination, any more than the boy, be held prisoner ?" - from the foreword to the 1976 edition of "The Painted Bird
literature moments photograph
In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I released the shutter.
summer spring fall
- 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.
sleep usual eternity
I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity
drug want consciousness
It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself.
real want firsts
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.