“ The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author. Jerzy Kosinski
“ I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I look no further forward than the evening. Jerzy Kosinski
“ 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, on many levels. Jerzy Kosinski
“ Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time. Jerzy Kosinski
“ 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. Jerzy Kosinski
“ 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. Jerzy Kosinski
“ 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. Jerzy Kosinski
“ Had it been possible for me to fix the plane permanently in the sky, to defy the winds and clouds and all the forces pushing it upward and pulling it earthward, I would have willingly done so. I would… Jerzy Kosinski
“ The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. This requires a moment of pause--a contract with yourself through the object you look at or th… Jerzy Kosinski
“ 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 re… Jerzy Kosinski