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
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.
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.
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.
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.
littles inspired sexuality
I am inspired by human sexuality. The act itself is mechanical and holds little interest to me.
new-relationship writing accepting
The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.
sunshine garden compassion
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 one on them: quiet, open hearted in the sunshine and heavy when it rained.
loneliness being-alone gathering
Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.
home psychics people
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 he can enter into the psychic kingdom of that person.
punishment withdrawal nations
There must be no worse punishment to a totalitarian nation than the withdrawal of capital.