Jerzy Kosinski Quotes

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

I just love stories, and I love movies, learning and seeing the world. Growing up in Iowa, it was like, you wanna see the world? Movies can help you do that.

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

I write for the same reason I read: to find out what's going to happen.

There's nothing more fun to me than new characters and a new world.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.

I've been a traveller, but I don't travel so much now. I'm trying to do it vicariously through my writing. I'm trying to write books that will draw readers away from their lives but send them back in a more awakened way.

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

The possibilities are infinite with new writing; every time you open a new script, there's no limit to what it might contain.

Kids need stuff which is different than what their life is that they can kind of live through.

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

I think that one of the things you have to do to become a storyteller is spend a lot of time reading stories.

I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.

I look for stories everywhere.

I'd waste a holiday trying to set a story in this new place I'd visit, whereas I would never write a story about Indianapolis.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

When you write, you want to get rid of the world, don’t you? Of course you do. When you’re writing, you’re creating your own worlds.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.

In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.

When I was young, I assumed that authors must have traveled the world or done exotic things in order to tell great stories.

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that.