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

Quote by Jerzy Kosinski

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Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky.

I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I...

I do like to live in other people's homes. I enjoy being a guest. I...

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

Take a look at the books other people have in their homes.

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

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

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I collect human relationships very much the way others collect fine art.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That...

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there...

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

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

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

Banks introduced the installment plan. The disappearance of cash and the coming of the credit...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

The planned sit-down reception is an artificial forum where one is presented with a limited...

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this...

Homelessness is a part of our American system. There should be nothing wrong with this...

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life.

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American...

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

Mapplethorpe presented the body as a sexual object, separating it from the humanity of the...

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

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

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...

As I go to sleep I remember what my father said-that one can never be...