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

Quote by Jerzy Kosinski

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

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

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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 principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

The principle of art is to pause, not bypass.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

Physical comfort has nothing to do with any other comfort.

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.

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

It is possible to stand around with a cocktail in one's hand and talk with...

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...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

I look back into past history, the stored experiences or products of the imagination. I...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

A trait which differentiated New York from European cities was the incredible freedom and ease...

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...

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

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

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...

In my photographs it is apparent that there was no posing at the moment I...