"It seems that what I really want is a drug that will increase my consciousness of others, not myself."
— Jerzy Kosiński (The Painted Bird)

""I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity"
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— Jerzy Kosiński

"I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity.

Jerzy Kosinski, suicide note"
— Jerzy Kosiński

"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."
— Jerzy Kosiński (The Painted Bird)

"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"
— Jerzy Kosiński (Being There)

"Gatherings and, simultaneously, loneliness are the conditions of a writer's life"
— Jerzy Kosiński

"Life is a state of mind."
— Jerzy Kosiński (Being There)